Beringia land bridge

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bridge
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Bering_Land_Bridge
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Asia
gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:existedDuring gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
gptkbp:flora steppe-tundra ecosystem
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Beringia land bridge
gptkbp:importantFor human migration to the Americas
gptkbp:lastExisted about 11,000 years ago
gptkbp:length up to 1,000 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn region between Siberia and Alaska
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Beringia_region
gptkbp:significance migration route for humans and animals
gptkbp:studiedBy archaeologists
geneticists
paleontologists
gptkbp:submergedBy gptkb:Bering_Strait
by rising sea levels at end of last Ice Age
gptkbp:width up to 3,000 miles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:peopling_of_the_Americas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6