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BCE 13,000
Late Paleolithic
The Japanese archipelago was connected to the continent, with vast plains where Naumann elephants could migrate.
Japan (All)
See sea-level impacts at a national scale
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BCE 13,000
Late Paleolithic
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13,000 years agoJomonYayoi/KofunNara-MedievalModern
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Background: CartoDB (OSM) / Japan mainland: GSI Hillshade & Pale mapsTerrain Tiles: Mapzen Terrain Tiles (Terrarium) via AWS Open Data (source | attribution)
Sea-level data: based on geological survey research materials
Terrain Tiles detailed credits
Mapzen Terrain Tiles (via AWS Open Data) * ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736; * Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017; * Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich; * Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada; * Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers; * Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016; * New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved); * Norway terrain data © Kartverket; * United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved; * United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.