Gondwana Definition

gŏnd-wänə
noun
The supercontinent of the Southern Hemisphere that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, broke up into India, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America.
American Heritage
pronoun

Southern supercontinent, formed after the break up of Pangaea before the Triassic period, including most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the southern hemisphere.

Wiktionary

A region in India.

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Origin of Gondwana

  • After Gondwana , a region of central India ultimately from Sanskrit Goṇḍavanam goṇḍaḥ Gond vanam forest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Sanskrit [script?] (Gondavana, “Forest of Gondi”)

    From Wiktionary

Gondwana Sentence Examples

  • The Gondwana series is economically of great importance.

  • The formation of this and of the other great mountain chains of central Asia resulted in the isolation of portions of the former central sea; and the same forces finally led to the elevation of the whole region and the union of the old continents of Angara and Gondwana.

  • The first of these is mentioned in 1398, when Narsingh Rai, raja of Kherla, is said by Ferishta to have ruled all the hills of Gondwana.

  • The Gondwana beds contain fossils which are of very great interest.

  • In large part these consist of plants which grew near the margins of the old rivers, and which were carried down by floods, and deposited in the alluvial plains, deltas and estuarine areas of the old Gondwana period.

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