Scientists have offered explanations for the division of Africa into two.

If you looked at the Earth tens of millions of years ago, it would not seem like the blue and green space marble we know today.

All of the continents united into a single supercontinent known as Pangea about 200 million years ago.

However, over time, they separated and drifted apart, eventually resulting in the arrangement we all know and love.

Even during our species’ lifetimes, tremendous changes have occurred, with rising sea levels and melting glaciers destroying land bridges and isolating populations.

Of course, this is not on the same scale as continental drift, which occurs over a very long time.

On the mantle’s surface, tectonic plates grind against one another, causing continental drift, which is the movement of the Earth’s crust.

If you want to watch this geological process in action, Africa appears to be a fantastic site to do so right now, although on a geological timeline.

This is because geologists have discovered many fissures running up and down the vast continent.

Some experts believe this is due to the African tectonic plate fracturing in two, which might result in landlocked nations like Zambia and Uganda developing their beaches in the distant future.
However, geologists have several theories on how the crack occurred.

Others have speculated that the reason might be soil erosion.

Others, such as Lucía Pérez Díaz, a postdoctoral researcher at the Royal Holloway University of London, believe it’s a combination of both.

According to Díaz, the surface fractures may be caused by softer soil filling in a fault associated with the rift.

Her studies indicated that when the fissure approaches the shore, the water will begin to fill in the breach over tens of millions of years.
When the ocean rushes in sufficiently, it essentially separates one section of Africa from another.

The British Isles’ isolation from mainland Europe was a similar event, but for different reasons.

The British Isles were linked to Europe until around 450,000 years ago, but the erosion of a valley in what is now the English Channel resulted in a devastating deluge as water poured in.

This resulted in the formation of a whole new series of islands at Europe’s westernmost point.