Gondwana is an ancient supercontinent that existed around 500 million years ago. In fact, Gondwana broke up and eventually created the continents we know today. These continents are known as Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent. Just because Gondwana eventually created the continents we know today, does not mean that these continents will stay the same forever. Eventually, there will be different arrangements in an extensive history of continental adjustment. Continents and landmasses on Earth are always moving in a state of slow motion. Also, at times, many continents come together as one. These supercontinents include Columbia, which is also known as Nuna, Rodinia, Pannotia,
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Gondwana first came about in the scientific community from Eduard Suess who was a geologist who originally named Gondwana, Gondwanaland. He got the name from the region of central India. Central India had geological formations that match those of similar ages in the southern hemisphere. There was also many species found on Gondwana. These species include a lot of frogs and toads. These fossils were found from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lastly, the effects Gondwana went through had an effect on other periods of time. There is even a Eastern and Western Gondwana where each has different terrains. When Gondwana broke apart, it created islands that surrounded Gondwana. Little did we know back then that Gondwana created our continents today.Caption: This diagram shows the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent. It also shows the dates on when these landmasses broke apart initially occurred. They broke apart over a slow amount of time. As I talked about in the paragraph above, you can see the different continents and how they broke apart over the slow amount of time to create our continents today. These landmasses will change eventually. This diagram shows a great picture of how the
Gondwana first came about in the scientific community from Eduard Suess who was a geologist who originally named Gondwana, Gondwanaland. He got the name from the region of central India. Central India had geological formations that match those of similar ages in the southern hemisphere. There was also many species found on Gondwana. These species include a lot of frogs and toads. These fossils were found from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Lastly, the effects Gondwana went through had an effect on other periods of time. There is even a Eastern and Western Gondwana where each has different terrains. When Gondwana broke apart, it created islands that surrounded Gondwana. Little did we know back then that Gondwana created our continents today.Caption: This diagram shows the breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent. It also shows the dates on when these landmasses broke apart initially occurred. They broke apart over a slow amount of time. As I talked about in the paragraph above, you can see the different continents and how they broke apart over the slow amount of time to create our continents today. These landmasses will change eventually. This diagram shows a great picture of how the