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[[An elliptical map projection of the supercontinents Laurasia and Gondwana.]]
Laurasia: Red rover, red rover, send India over!
[[India breaks off from Gondwana and shifts towards Laurasia.]]
How the Himalayas formed.
{{Title text: I just learned about the Slide Mountain Ocean, which I like because it's three nouns that sound like they can't possibly all refer to the same thing.}}
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