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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Climate - Seven continents. One sky. | Mar 20, 2026 | ||
| Added media. | Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NERC Open Research Archive - Continent formation through time (PDF). | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Climate - Seven continents. One sky. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Geological Society - Lyell Collection - Continent formation through time. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Regulating continent growth and composition by chemical weathering. | Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Myth of Continents. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Links added. | Sep 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Assembling a Continent. | May 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Continent. | Aug 16, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Continent. | Jan 23, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 04, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Interactive Continents for Kids. | Dec 20, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - Arts - Biography of Pan Tianshou. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Continent. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Contrasts within a Continent. | Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Continents. | Jan 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Continents. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Continent. | Nov 25, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Continents. | Nov 25, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - How Naming the Continents Works. | Nov 25, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - How Naming the Continents Works. | Nov 25, 2011 | ||
| Added video showing the distribution of the continents. | Sep 16, 2010 | ||
| Generalized map of Earth's continents and major rivers added. | Jan 21, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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