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(geology) A southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago, that included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere.
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At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.