Beringia in English dictionary

  • Beringia

    Meanings and definitions of "Beringia"

    • proper
      The Bering land bridge, a geographical phenomenon roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene ice ages; the land bridge previously occupying what is now the Bering Strait.
    • Continuous land bridge which joined present-day Alaska and present-day Siberia until circa 10,000 years ago.

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