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World Service,21 Jan 2002,24 mins

Lost Continents - India

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How the subcontinent was formed - the story of the Indian land mass. How the movement of the tectonic plates over thousands of kilometres caused a collision that changed the climate and plunged a whole continent into the ocean; it also helped create the planet's tallest mountain range.

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