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Terra vs Pangaea - What's the difference?

terra | pangaea |

As proper nouns the difference between terra and pangaea

is that terra is the Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea while Pangaea is a supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.

As a noun terra

is a rough upland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.

terra

English

Noun

(terrae)
  • A rough upland or mountainous region of the moon with a relatively high albedo.
  • pangaea

    Alternative forms

    * Pangea (US) *

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
  • Derived terms

    * Pangaean

    See also

    * Gondwanaland, Gondwana * Laurasia * Rodinia

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