The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds of today's continental area, including South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Zealandia, Arabia, and the Indian subcontinent.

Dec 30, 2025 · Gondwana comprised the southern half of this supercontinent. Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins during the Late …

Gondwana itself began to break up in the mid to late Jurassic period about 150 million years ago. The continent was named after the Gondwana region of India, and literally means "Land (wana) of the …

Mar 12, 2024 · Gondwana, also called Gondwanaland, was the ancient supercontinent that consisted of present-day Africa, Arabia, South America, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Australia, India and Antarctica.

Breakup of supercontinent Pangaea and separation of Gondwana into different individual continents (Australia, South America, India, Antarctica and Africa and Madagascar).

In paleogeography, Gondwana also Gondwanaland, is the name given to the more southerly of two supercontinents (the other being Laurasia) that were part of the Pangaea supercontinent that existed …

Gondwana (/ ɡɒnˈdwɑːnə / [1]gond-WAHN-ə; [2]Sanskrit:[goːɳɖɐʋɐnɐ]) was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent. The remnants of Gondwana make up around two-thirds …

Gondwana contained the southern continents—South America, Africa, India, Madagascar, Australia, and Antarctica. It had become a coherent supercontinent at ~500 Ma and accreted to Pangea largely as …

It originally included China, Siberia, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent, which have now moved entirely into the Northern Hemisphere. Gondwana itself began to break up in the mid- Jurassic period, about …

Aug 13, 2024 · It’s for this reason that the supercontinent is sometimes referred to as Gondwana, and at other times Gondwanaland – the latter, to distinguish it from the region in India.