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People migrated from Asia to North America thousands of years ago. The part of North America tha closest to Asia is between 60° and 70° north latitude. What body of water separates the two continents today? ​

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Answer:

Pacific Ocean

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Answer:

Bering Strait

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The Bering Strait is a 52-mile wide body of water separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. Its average depth is about 164 feet. It lies just south of the Arctic Circle.

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