Statements (22)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
Ice Age
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Weichsel_glaciation
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation |
gptkbp:beganIn |
about 115,000 years ago
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gptkbp:characterizedBy |
cold climate
large ice sheets |
gptkbp:correspondsTo |
gptkb:Wisconsin_glaciation
gptkb:Würm_glaciation gptkb:Devensian_glaciation |
gptkbp:endDate |
about 11,700 years ago
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gptkbp:followedBy |
Holocene
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Weichselian ice age
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gptkbp:lastGlacialMaximum |
about 20,000 years ago
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Northern_Europe
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gptkbp:namedAfter |
River Vistula (Weichsel in German)
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gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Pleistocene_epoch
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gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Eemian_interglacial
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gptkbp:range |
covered much of Scandinavia, northern Germany, Poland, and Russia
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gptkbp:significance |
shaped modern landscapes of Northern Europe
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gptkbp:studiedIn |
Quaternary geology
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Weichselian_glaciation
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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