Is Australia likely to collide with another continent in the next 20 million years?

Is Australia likely to collide with another continent in the next 20 million years

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JJ
Feb 19, 2018

It is a possibilty.

Explanation:

The tectonic plates under the Earth's crust are constantly moving. The movement of these plates can cause continents to break apart, like the ice shelves in Antartica. Also, every year, the continents do move a couple inches. It is nothing that is enough to be noticeable, but in 20 million years, there is a slight chance that Australia will move enough to collide with another continent.

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