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| con·ti·nen·tal drift |
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theory governing movement of continents: a theory that explains the formation, alteration, and extremely slow movement of the continents across the Earth's crust. The continents are thought to have been formed from one large landmass that split, drifted apart, and in places collided again.
See also plate tectonics
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