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In 2017, the scientific community discovered the world's eighth continent, Zealand Asia, which changed our previous perception of the Earth's territory from four oceans and seven continents.

However, nearly three years have passed since its discovery, and the scientific community has generally regarded Zealand Asia as the eighth largest continent in the world, so why hasn't our geography book been rewritten?Let's get to know the eighth continent of the world.

First of all, there is still a debate in the academic community about whether Zealand Asia is a continent or a continent, and the concept of continent and continent is actually a bit vague.

Continents and continentsGenerally speaking, continents are large areas of land, such as the Eurasian continent and the American continent that we are familiar with, the continents are opposite to the oceans, and the continents are often surrounded by oceans.

The continent is broader than the continent and includes the islands on the edge of the continent, which is a general term for the continent and the island. Continents are basically divided according to continents, and each continent can basically correspond to a continent.

Continents are geographical and geological concepts, which are mainly divided from the structure of physical geography. For example, the Eurasian continent originally seemed to be a huge landmass, but from the historical origin, this continent has long been divided into two.

Since its discovery in 2017, a large number of scientists have advocated for the international recognition of Zealand Asia as the eighth continent in the world. This land was originally on Australian land, so it can be considered to have largely detached from the Australian continent and sank underwater between 60 million and 85 million years ago. With an area of 4.9 million square kilometres, it is the smallest continent in the world, and 94% of the continent is still underwater.

Scientists also believe that Zealand Asia belongs to the Gondwana Ancient Continent, which means that it was once a part of the southern hemisphere continent, making up 5% of the continent's area.

Speaking of Zealand Asia, everyone may be a little unfamiliar, but when it comes to New Zealand, everyone understands. The land on which Zealand Asia floats on the surface of the water is New Zealand. New Zealand has long been considered an island nation in Oceania.

Scientists believe that it is Zealand Asia, but it has not been written about it because there is a lot of controversy.

The definition of "continent" is not the same as that of geography and geology. Geographically, the "continent" is the intuitive seven continents. Geology, "continent" refers to the "continental plate", and its counterpart is the "oceanic plate", which is different from the chemical composition of the rocks.

The abundance of mafic elements in the continental plate is less than that of the oceanic plate, and the density is smaller than that of the oceanic plate. Therefore, when the continental plate collides with the oceanic plate, the oceanic plate always goes down and the continental plate goes up. The Earth's surface water is not enough to cover all land, so it is often the low-altitude oceanic plates that are flooded.

And this zealandia is a mostly flooded continental plate ......

By the way, Zealand originally referred to the Dutch province of Zealand, and the suffix -land is a typical Germanic nomenclature, so the Dutch called the two islands they found east of Australia New Zealand. Now, because of the name of these two islands 400 years ago, the "New World" is called Zealandia, which is also the cycle of Yi species.

Also, to all the believers of Cthulhu, the city of Lalaye is actually a corner of the southeast peninsula of the Mu continent, and this Mu continent like a big reef in the Pacific Ocean is this virtue: It is still closer to Chile than New Zealand! Lead researcher, New Zealand geologist Nick Mortimer, said they had been doing it for more than two decades and said it was far more valuable than a new name on the continental list.

Ahem, I think if this happens, it can't be a simple scientific value, Australia and New Zealand will be a mess.

It is particularly rich in oil and gas resources, worth tens of billions of dollars. An Australian geographer said that the essence of this thing is like stamp collecting, even if it is a continent. A Canadian geographer said that the significance of this incident is still there, because it has drawn everyone's attention to the lack of a unified standard for judging the continent.

Scientists have discovered the submerged eighth continent beneath New Zealand, which once gave birth to this civilization, Cretaceous fossils, and vast oil and gas resources.

Zealand has a land area of 4.9 million square kilometres, 94% of which is submerged. This is not the first time that the eighth continent has been mentioned. Previously, it was also believed that the western continent in the waters near Cuba was the eighth continent where the earth once existed.

Scientists surveying the seabed said that eight pyramid-like structures resembling giant pyramids had been found in the waters off Cuba, and that the eight pyramids were arranged in a regular pattern along the entire ruins.

Although it is not clear whether these things are natural creations or miracles, since the announcement of this major discovery, many people who are keen on the "Great Western Continent" scientific expedition have speculated that this discovery has provided important evidence for the theory that there was a highly civilized Great Western Continent on Earth.