Amsterdam: National Geographic report says that scientists have discovered parts of a lost continent in the mountain ranges from Spain to Iran. According to details, the National Geographic report states that the continent, named Greater Adria, was buried in land and sea after colliding with Europe, while its debris took the form of mountains and it is still there millions of years later. According to the report, the research has re-established the earth’s 240 million years old history about the geological study of the Mediterranean region. Scientists have explored parts of the continent that have disappeared between the mountain ranges from Spain to Iran in the past. Research has revealed that mountain ranges in Italy, Turkey, Greece and southeastern Europe were likely to occur after the collision with Greater Adria. Greater Adria was once part of the ancient super-continent of Gondwana, which eventually split into Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica and India, says Douwe van Hinsbergen, a professor of Utrecht University in Netherlands and first author of the study in Gondwana Research. A foreign news agency said that around 240 million years ago, Greater Adria separated from Gondwana and took the shape of a continent itself. Most of it was … Continue reading ‘Greater Adria’: A Lost Continent Discovered After Millions of Years