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<p>robot: Creating new article from <a href="/wiki/Special:WantedPages" title="Special:WantedPages">Special:WantedPages</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;A supercontinent&#039;&#039;&#039; also called an enormous continent, is a large area of land which has more than one [[continent]]al core, or [[craton]]. They are formed by [[continental plate]]s coming together. Continental plates have periodically collided and assembled in periods of [[orogeny]] ([[mountain]]-building) to form supercontinents. The cycle of supercontinents forming, breaking up, separating, and re-forming through [[plate tectonics]] happens about every 2000 [[million]] years.<br /> <br /> [[Eurasia]] is certainly a supercontinent, but the [[Americas]] are usually thought of as separate [[continent]]s. Even more clearly, [[Gondwana]] and [[Laurasia]] were supercontinents formed by the breakup of the global supercontinent [[Pangaea]].<br /> <br /> The [[land bridge]] between [[North America|North]] and [[South America]] is [[geology|geologically]] a rather [[temporary]] connection. Because of this, the Americas are usually not described as one supercontinent.<br /> <br /> == Ancient supercontinents ==<br /> Throughout Earth&#039;s history, there have been many supercontinents. In order of age (oldest to newest), the ancient supercontinents were:<br /> <br /> * [[Vaalbara]]&#039;&#039; (~3.6 [[billion]] years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Ur (supercontinent)|Ur]] &#039;&#039;(~3.1 billion years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * Kenorland &#039;&#039;(~2.6 billion years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * Columbia, also called Nuna &#039;&#039;(~1.8 to 1.5 billion years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Rodinia]] &#039;&#039;(~1.1 billion years to ~750 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Pannotia]], also called Vendian&#039;&#039; (~600 million years to ~540 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * Oldredia &#039;&#039;(~418–~380 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Euramerica]] &#039;&#039;(~300 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Pangaea]] &#039;&#039;(~300 to ~200 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Laurasia]] &#039;&#039;(~510 to ~200 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Gondwana]] &#039;&#039;(~510 to ~180 million years ago)&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> [[Category:Supercontinents| ]]</div>

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