Bering Land Bridge
E69727
The Bering Land Bridge was a prehistoric landmass that once connected Asia and North America, enabling the migration of humans, animals, and plants between the continents during the Ice Ages.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States national preserve
→
landform → paleogeographic feature → prehistoric land bridge → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
→
Beringia → |
| causeOfExposure |
lowered sea levels
→
|
| causeOfSubmergence |
rising sea levels
→
|
| connects |
Asia
→
North America → |
| enabledMigrationOf |
humans
→
large mammals → megafauna → plants → |
| exposedDuring |
glacial periods
→
|
| formedDuring |
Pleistocene epoch
→
|
| hasProtectedArea |
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
→
|
| importantFor |
biogeographic exchange between Eurasia and North America
→
|
| lastMajorUseByHumans |
late Pleistocene
→
|
| locatedIn |
Alaska
→
Bering Strait region → present-day Alaska → present-day Russia → |
| mostRecentExposure |
Last Glacial Maximum
→
|
| namedAfter |
Vitus Bering
→
|
| now |
submerged beneath the Bering Sea
→
|
| paleoenvironment |
cold steppe-tundra
→
grassland → |
| partOf |
continental shelf between Siberia and Alaska
→
|
| protects |
remnants of the Bering Land Bridge region
→
|
| relevanceTo |
First Americans debate
→
human migration theories → |
| separatesNow |
Bering Sea
→
Chukchi Sea → |
| significantFor |
peopling of the Americas
→
|
| studiedIn |
archaeology
→
geology → paleoecology → paleontology → |
| submergedDuring |
interglacial periods
→
|
| supported |
bison
→
caribou → horses → mammoths → predators such as wolves → |
| timePeriodActive |
multiple intervals between about 2.6 million and 11,700 years ago
→
|
| usedBy |
Paleo-Indians
→
hunter-gatherer groups → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Bering Land Bridge
("Beringia")
→
|
alsoKnownAs |
|
Bering Strait
→
|
historicalFeatureNearby |