What is "amasia"

Amasia may refer to the following places and jurisdictions :

• Amasya, a city in Northern Turkey
  • Amasya Province, named after its above capital, in the Black Sea region
  • Amasea (titular see), the former Metropolitan Archbishopric with see there, now a Latin Catholic titular see
• Amasia, Shirak, a town in republic Armenia
  • Amasia (raion), former administrative district of Soviet Armenia
• Amasia, Armavir, a town in republic Armenia
• A Latin name for the Ems (river), a river in Germany and the Netherlands
• Amasia (continent), a projection for the Earth's next supercontinent

Amasia is the working title for a possible future supercontinent that could be formed by the merger of Asia and North America. This prediction relies mostly on the fact that the Pacific Plate is already subducting under Eurasia and North America, a process which if continued will eventually cause the Pacific to close. Meanwhile, because of the Atlantic mid-ocean ridge, North America would be pushed westward. Thus, the Atlantic at some point in the future would be larger than the Pacific. In Siberia, the boundary between the Eurasian and North American Plates has been stationary for millions of years. The combination of these factors would cause North America to be combined with Asia, thus forming a supercontinent. A February 2012 study predicts Amasia will form over the North Pole, in about 50 million to 200 million years.