Greater Adria

== English == === Etymology === From greater +‎ Adria. From being first discovered in researching the geologic region called Adria. === Proper noun === Greater Adria (paleogeography, paleogeology) A Greenland-sized paleomicrocontinent in the Tethys Ocean that rifted from the north of Africa portion of the supercontinent of Gondwana and accreted to the south of Europe portion of the supercontinent of Laurasia, and thence subducted. Hypernyms: continent, microcontinent, paleocontinent, paleomicrocontinent ==== Usage notes ==== Before accreting to Laurasia, the microcontinent of Iberia rifted from Greater Adria. It now forms the Alps, Apennines, the Balkans, Anatolia, the Caucasus. Including the Iberian microcontinent, it also now forms Iberia, the Pyrenees, and Occitania. === References === === Further reading === Greater Adria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia