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World map displaying all continents labeled in bold text-North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, and Antarctica-along with major oceans and several seas, such as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans, and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Caspian Seas. Latitude lines including the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle are also marked.

Learn how the world is divided into continents

Red interface titled ‘Which Continent Is Bigger?' with dropdowns for two continents, a Compare button, and a white world map graphic.

Pangea: Early Triassic Period

Infographic showing the locations and timelines of ancient and submerged continents including Mauritia and Zealandia on modern maps, and paleocontinents Rodinia, Laurentia, Pangea, and Gondwana on reconstructed ancient Earth maps, with explanatory text about their formation and breakup.

Watch Earth's Continents Move

How does plate tectonics change Earth's surface?

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Learn how the world is divided into continents

Learn how the world is divided into continents

The distribution of the seven continents.

Video: Created and produced by QA International. © QA International, 2010. All rights reserved. www.qa-international.com

Watch Earth's Continents Move

Watch Earth's Continents Move

Watch a time-lapse of Earth changing through geologic time, from the Cambrian Era...

Video: Adapted from C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington

How does plate tectonics change Earth's surface?

How does plate tectonics change Earth's surface?

A general discussion of plate tectonics.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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World map displaying all continents labeled in bold text-North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, and Antarctica-along with major oceans and several seas, such as the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans, and the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Caspian Seas. Latitude lines including the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and the Antarctic Circle are also marked.

World map

Map identifying the world's continents.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Pangea: Early Triassic Period

Pangea: Early Triassic Period

Paleogeography and paleoceanography of Early Triassic time. The present-day coastlines...

Adapted from: C.R. Scotese, The University of Texas at Arlington

Infographic showing the locations and timelines of ancient and submerged continents including Mauritia and Zealandia on modern maps, and paleocontinents Rodinia, Laurentia, Pangea, and Gondwana on reconstructed ancient Earth maps, with explanatory text about their formation and breakup.

paleocontinent

Infographic showing evidence of submerged continents that formed and broke up during...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski

Interactives

Red interface titled ‘Which Continent Is Bigger?' with dropdowns for two continents, a Compare button, and a white world map graphic.

Which Continent Is Bigger? Interactive Size Comparison

An interactive tool that lets users select two continents and compare their land...

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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