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Gondwana

name
/ɡɑndˈwɑnə/US/ɡɒndˈwɑːnə/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.

  1. borrowed from गोण्डवन

Definitions

  1. A region of central India.

  2. A southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago,…

    A southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago, that included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere.

    • At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.

The neighborhood

Derived

Gondwanaland, Gondwanan

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