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  1. The Northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Laurasia in the North. 
  2. The Northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Gondwanaland in the North. 
  3. The Northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Laurasia in the South.
  4. The Northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Panthalasa in the North. 
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Option 1 : The Northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Laurasia in the North. 

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. ​the northern rift cuts Pangea from east to west creating Laurasia in the North. 

  • The Continental Drift Theory was given by Alfred Wegener in 1915.
  • This theory states that there was only one continent named Pangea and it was surrounded by one mass of water body named Panthalassa.
  • The breaking process started about 200 million years ago.
  • The Northern rift cuts Pangea from East to West creating Laurasia in the North and Gondwanaland in the South.
  • A shallow sea called Tethys was situated between the Laurasia and the Gondwanaland. 
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