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Where did the continents originate from,according to the Theory of Continental Drift?

      

Discuss the origin of the continents,according to the Theory of Continental Drift.

  

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Maurice
According to the above theory,the earth was originally one huge land mass/super continent called Pangea.
Pangea was surrounded by a large super water body called Panthalassa.Pangea split into two sub-continents to form two other land masses called Laurasia and Gondwanaland. The two land masses split further. Laurasia broke to form the continents in the northern hemisphere. Gondwanaland formed the continents in the southern hemisphere. The continents gradually drifted to their present position.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on May 29, 2017 at 11:49


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