bering strait in English

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a narrow sea passage that separates the eastern tip of Siberia in Russia from Alaska and links the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea, about 53 miles (85 km) wide at its narrowest point. During the Ice Age, as a result of a drop in sea levels, the Bering land bridge formed between the two continents, allowing the migration of animals and dispersal of plants in both directions.

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1. I first came to North American in prehistoric times when I crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Eurasia.Sentence dictionary

2. Beringia is the land bridge thought to have existed over the Bering Strait, the waterway that separates Asia (Russia) from North America (Alaska).

3. It lives from the Bering Strait south to California and Japan, from the intertidal zone to a depth of 110 m (360 ft).

4. Circumpolar Expeditions is committed to providing all our clients with an unrivaled arctic experience, whether it is on a tour of Alaska, the Russian Far East, or the Bering Strait

5. The divide separates the Mackenzie watershed from that of the Yukon River, which flows to the Bering Strait; and the Fraser River and Columbia River systems, both of which empty into the Pacific Ocean.

6. The name ‘Beringia’ comes from the Bering Strait, and it is used to describe an enormous territory that extended from the Lena River (Siberia) in the west to the Mackenzie River (Yukon) in the east

7. Berings STRAITS NATIVE CORPORATION World-class Expertise Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) is an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for the Bering Strait and Norton Sound region and is owned by more than 8,000 Alaska Native shareholders.

8. Highway 2 about 23 miles (37 km) west of Stevens Pass, along a very flat and straight three-mile section of highway that has been dubbed the "Baring Straight" (a play on the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia

9. The Arapaho people, who call themselves the Hinono'eiteen ("people" in the Arapaho language), are indigenous Americans whose ancestors came over the Bering Strait, lived for a while in the Great Lakes region, and hunted buffalo in the Great Plains.

10. Beringia is a landmass including portions of 3 modern nations (Canada, US and Russia) and extending from the Siberian Kolyma River and Kamchatka Peninsula, through Alaska and Yukon Territory, to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. Near the centre of the region is Bering Strait, for which it was named.