Bering Land Bridge

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United States national preserve landform paleogeographic feature prehistoric land bridge

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Beringia	6
Bering Land Bridge canonical	3
Bering Land Bridge (concept name)	1
Bering Land Bridge region	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States national preserve ⓘ landform ⓘ paleogeographic feature ⓘ prehistoric land bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bering Land Bridge National Preserve ⓘ Bering Land Bridge ⓘ surface form: 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-Indian period ⓘ surface form: Paleo-Indians hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ