Bering Land Bridge

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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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Generate an image of the Bering 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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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States national preserve ⓘ
landform ⓘ
paleogeographic feature ⓘ
prehistoric land bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bering Land Bridge National Preserve ⓘ
Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
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 ⓘ
linked to: Paleo-Indian period

hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bering Strait → historicalFeatureNearby → Bering Land Bridge ⓘ
Bering Land Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Seward Peninsula → hasEcoregion → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Seward Peninsula → partOf → Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Last Glacial Maximum → causedExposureOf → Bering Land Bridge ⓘ
Anadyr River → locatedInEcoregion → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Beringian standstill hypothesis → geographicFocus → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Beringian standstill hypothesis → relatedTo → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve → associatedWith → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Bering → namesakeOf → Bering Land Bridge (concept name) ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Cape Dezhnev → partOf → Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Kigluaik Mountains → partOf → Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Imuruk Basin → partOf → Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Imuruk Basin → geologicSetting → Bering Land Bridge area ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
York Mountains → partOf → Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Last Glacial Period → exposedLandBridge → Bering Land Bridge ⓘ
ice-free corridor hypothesis → routeFrom → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Clovis-first debate → relatedTo → Beringia ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge
Clovis-first debate → relatedTo → Bering land bridge ⓘ
linked to: Bering Land Bridge