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This map illustrates the geography of Beringia, the land bridge that formed between North America and Asia during the last glaciation. Humans crossed Beringia from Asia to North America during the glacial period depicted on this map. Lakes and drainages have been reconstructed to provide a better perspective on the environment of the land mass according to bathymetric data having a grid spacing of 1 km (100 m for Norton Sound). Some of the lake basins are shallow and may have been wetlands rather than open water bodies.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Yukon Geological Survey publication metadata	HTML		https://data.geology.gov.yk.ca/Reference/81642
Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca)	HTML		https://open.yukon.ca/information/aba9218b-aee1-432b-ae04-fce37f1acff5
shape files	ESRI Shape		https://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/openfile/2019/Beringia_hydrology_shp.zip
Map	PDF		https://ygsftp.gov.yk.ca/publications/openfile/2019/OF2019-2_Beringia.pdf

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