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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Beringia | 6 |
| Bering Land Bridge canonical | 3 |
| Bering Land Bridge (concept name) | 1 |
| Bering Land Bridge region | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Bering Land Bridge Context triple: [Bering Strait, historicalFeatureNearby, Bering Land Bridge]
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A.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
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B.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Northeast Passage
The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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D.
Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus is a strategically important land corridor between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, historically contested between Finland and Russia and heavily fortified and fought over in the 20th century.
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E.
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage is a historically significant sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and long sought by explorers as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bering Land Bridge Target entity description: 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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A.
Bering Strait
The Bering Strait is a narrow sea passage between Russia and Alaska that links the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and historically separated Asia from North America.
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B.
Isthmus of Panama
The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land in Central America that links North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean.
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C.
Northeast Passage
The Northeast Passage is a sea route along the northern coast of Eurasia, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via Arctic waters and historically sought as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
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D.
Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus is a strategically important land corridor between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, historically contested between Finland and Russia and heavily fortified and fought over in the 20th century.
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E.
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage is a historically significant sea route through the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and long sought by explorers as a shorter path between Europe and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States national preserve
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landform ⓘ paleogeographic feature ⓘ prehistoric land bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
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Bering Land Bridge ⓘ
surface form:
Beringia
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| causeOfExposure | lowered sea levels ⓘ |
| causeOfSubmergence | rising sea levels ⓘ |
| connects |
Asia
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North America ⓘ |
| enabledMigrationOf |
humans
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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
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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
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grassland ⓘ |
| partOf | continental shelf between Siberia and Alaska ⓘ |
| protects | remnants of the Bering Land Bridge region ⓘ |
| relevanceTo |
First Americans debate
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human migration theories ⓘ |
| separatesNow |
Bering Sea
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Chukchi Sea ⓘ |
| significantFor | peopling of the Americas ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
archaeology
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geology ⓘ paleoecology ⓘ paleontology ⓘ |
| submergedDuring | interglacial periods ⓘ |
| supported |
bison
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caribou ⓘ horses ⓘ mammoths ⓘ predators such as wolves ⓘ |
| timePeriodActive | multiple intervals between about 2.6 million and 11,700 years ago ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Paleo-Indian period
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surface form:
Paleo-Indians
hunter-gatherer groups ⓘ |
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Subject: Bering Land Bridge Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
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