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Doggerland (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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Doggerland was a large area of land in Northern Europe, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea. This region was repeatedly exposed at various times during the Pleistocene epoch due to the lowering of sea levels during glacial periods.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They were dogging so much they pushed it under the sea.
(And on three separate occasions.)