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3 days ago · In-depth and original editorial facts and list on the subject of world geography from the writers at WorldAtlas
5 days ago · Continents combine to form supercontinents like Pangea every 300 to 500 million years before splitting apart again. Many geologists argue that continents merge as an ocean (such as the Atlantic Ocean ) widens, spreading at divergent boundaries.
2 days ago · Tectonic plates are composed of the oceanic lithosphere and the thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust. Along convergent plate boundaries, the process of subduction carries the edge of one plate down under the other plate and into the mantle.
4 days ago · 7. Almost all of South America lies further east than the eastern tip of Florida. Source & More. 8. Africa spans all four hemispheres (Northern, Southern, Western, and Eastern). Source & More. 9. North America almost split apart about 1.1 billion years ago, creating the Midcontinent Rift that extended over 3,000 kilometers from Kansas to Michigan.
5 days ago · Americas, the two continents, North and South America, of the Western Hemisphere. The climatic zones of the two continents are quite different. In North America, subarctic climate prevails in the north, gradually warming southward and finally becoming tropical near the southern isthmus.
5 days ago · The Most Populated North American Countries. The combined population of all 23 of the North American countries is more than 600 million people. The 10 most populous countries are: United States: 341.8 million people. Mexico: 129.4 million people.
19 hours ago · Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia). It occupies nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area.
