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History of North America and Quaternary glaciation

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Difference between History of North America and Quaternary glaciation

History of North America vs. Quaternary glaciation

History of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Quaternary Ice Age or Pleistocene glaciation, is a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present.

Similarities between History of North America and Quaternary glaciation

History of North America and Quaternary glaciation have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Canada, Greenland, Last glacial period, Laurentide Ice Sheet, North America, Pleistocene, Quaternary glaciation.

Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Last glacial period

The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.

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Laurentide Ice Sheet

The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square kilometers, including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States, multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs— from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Quaternary glaciation

The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Quaternary Ice Age or Pleistocene glaciation, is a series of glacial events separated by interglacial events during the Quaternary period from 2.58 Ma (million years ago) to present.

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History of North America and Quaternary glaciation Comparison

History of North America has 233 relations, while Quaternary glaciation has 102. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 2.09% = 7 / (233 + 102).

References

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