dérive des continents

French edit

Etymology edit

Calque of German Kontinentalverschiebung.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /de.ʁiv de kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃/

Noun edit

dérive des continents f (uncountable)

  1. (geology) continental drift (the slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics)

See also edit