Sentit | One of the large landmasses of the earth. |
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Espècimens | Africa, Àfrica | The second largest continent |
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Amèrica del Nord, Nord-Amèrica | A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
Amèrica del Sud, Sudamérica, Sudamèrica, Sud Amèrica | A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama |
Antàrtida | An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle |
Austràlia | The smallest continent |
Euràsia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
Gondwanaland, Gondwana | A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica |
Laurasia, Lauràsia | A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia |
Pangea | (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland |
europa, Europa | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
Àsia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
Parts | crató, cratón | The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent |
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subcontinent | A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent |
Anglès | continent |
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Espanyol | continente |
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Adjectius | continental | Being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe |
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continental | Of or relating to or characteristic of a continent |