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(a) A great land bridge once connected England and France. (b) The Channel may have formed when meltwater from an ice sheet formed a lake, which then overflowed in a catastrophic flood and cut the bridge. (c) Even in more recent times, with low sea levels, great rivers restricted access. |
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