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What does Beringia mean?

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Proper noun
  1. 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.
  2. All the land between the Lena river in Russia and the Mackenzie river in Canada
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It is believed that the last ice age forced some llama ancestors to move into South America while some migrated north across Beringia to Asia.
It is possible that a small founder population had entered Beringia before that time.
The American arctic geologist David Hopkins redefined Beringia to include portions of Alaska and Northeast Asia.
Minister Cannon delivers opening remarks at a reception for Canada's Arctic Council Advisory Committee at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre.
The lower sea levels exposed an enormous land bridge across the Bering Sea, known as Beringia.
Dates for Paleo-Indian migration out of Beringia are a matter of current debate.

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