The year 1978 in the parentheses tells you the year the court. decided the case. In the last thirty years, we now have electronic storage and retrieval of court cases; therefore, in our example. above, 1978 U.S. LEXIS 5 refers us to the specific electronic citation for the Bakke decision within LEXIS.
Great Dividing Range About80 Ma This range extends along the entire east coast of Australia. It arose in the Late Cretaceous, making possible the charging of the Jurassic sandstone that became the Great Artesian Basin.
The continental landmasses are concentrated more in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere in terms of area. Asia is the largest continent, followed by Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. The Isthmus of Suez connects the continents of Asia and Africa, the Isthmus of Panama joins North and South America.