African Continental Drift. The Drift could Form a New LandMass and Ocean. Read more.✓>>👇

The theory of continental drift suggests that the Earth's continents were once a single landmass called Pangaea, which gradually broke apart and drifted to their current positions over millions of years.

Africa was once connected to South America, Antarctica, Australia, and India, forming a supercontinent called Gondwana. About 180 million years ago, Gondwana began to break apart, and the landmass that would become Africa began to separate from South America.

The separation of Africa from South America occurred gradually, as the two landmasses began to move apart along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is an underwater mountain range that runs down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, marking the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates to the east, and the South American and African plates to the west.

Over time, the movement of the tectonic plates caused the African continent to drift northward, away from Antarctica and toward the equator. This movement resulted in the formation of the Rift Valley, a long, deep valley that runs through eastern Africa from Ethiopia to Mozambique. The Rift Valley is a result of the separation of the African continent from the Arabian Peninsula, and the movement of the African tectonic plate away from the Eurasian plate.

Today, Africa is still moving northward, at a rate of about 2-3 cm per year, as it continues to separate from South America and Antarctica along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The movement of the African tectonic plate also causes seismic activity and volcanic eruptions in the region.