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695:. The NADW consists of three parts of different origin and salinity, and the top one, the Labrador Sea Water (LSW), is formed in the Labrador Sea. This part occurs at a medium depth and has a relatively low salinity (34.84–34.89 parts per thousand), low temperature (3.3–3.4 °C (37.9–38.1 °F)) and high oxygen content compared to the layers above and below it. LSW also has a relatively low vorticity, i.e. the tendency to form vortices, than any other water in North Atlantic that reflects its high homogeneity. It has a 609: 305: 60: 2663: 3043: 2651: 40: 778: 67: 87: 683:
transport cold and less saline water southward along the Canadian coast. These currents carry numerous icebergs and therefore hinder navigation and exploration of the gas fields beneath the sea bed. The speed of the Labrador current is typically 0.3–0.5 m/s (0.98–1.64 ft/s), but can reach
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1 m/s (3.3 ft/s) in some areas, whereas the Baffin Current is somewhat slower at about 0.2 m/s (0.66 ft/s). The Labrador Current maintains the water temperature at 0 °C (32 °F) and salinity between 30 and 34 parts per thousand.
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began in 1978 and intensified toward 2000, as well as cod fishing. However, the cod fishing rapidly depleted the fish population in the 1990s near the Labrador and West Greenland banks and was therefore halted in 1992. Other fishery targets include
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The water temperature varies between −1 °C (30 °F) in winter and 5–6 °C (41–43 °F) in summer. The salinity is relatively low, at 31–34.9 parts per thousand. Two-thirds of the sea is covered in ice in winter. Tides are
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channel system, which is about 2–5 km (1.2–3.1 mi; 1.1–2.7 nmi) wide and 3,800 km (2,400 mi; 2,100 nmi) long, runs on the bottom of the sea, near its center from the
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of 27.76–27.78 mg/cm relatively to the surface layers, meaning it is denser, and thus sinks under the surface and remains homogeneous and unaffected by the surface fluctuations.
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Reinhard Hesse And Allan Rakofsky (1992). "Deep-Sea Channel/Submarine-Yazoo System of the Labrador Sea: A New Deep-Water Facies Model (1)".
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uses a slightly different definition, putting the northern boundary of the Labrador Sea on a straight line from a headland on
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that started about 60 million years ago and stopped about 40 million years ago. It contains one of the world's largest
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was a common bird on the Canadian coast until the 19th century, but is now extinct. Other coastal animals include the
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The northern and western parts of the Labrador Sea are covered in ice between December and June. The
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Spall, Michael A. (2004). "Boundary Currents and Watermass Transformation in Marginal Seas".
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Hesse, R., Klauck, I., Khodabakhsh, S. & Ryan, W. B. F. (1997). Thomas A. Davies (ed.).
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serves as a breeding ground for seals in early spring. The sea is also a feeding ground for
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On the West: the East Coast of Labrador and Newfoundland and the Northeast limit of the
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There is an anticlockwise water circulation in the sea. It is initiated by the
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Between about 500 BC and 1300 AD, the southern coast of the sea contained
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to the southwest, northwest, and northeast. It connects to the north with
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Twentieth-century shore-station whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador
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COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Beluga Whale
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Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of environmental management
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Map showing the Labrador Sea according to the IHO definition
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Sedimentary basins: evolution, facies, and sediment budget
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Glaciated continental margins: an atlas of acoustic images
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Maritime services to support polar resource development
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Wilson, R. C. L; London, Geological Society of (2001).
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E. A. Goldman (1937). "The Wolves of North America".
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Anthony Bertram Dickinson; Chesley W. Sanger (2005).
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It is called the 353:at the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. 292:Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel 66: 1474:Earth systems: processes and issues 715:and several marine mammal species. 1783:. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2013-03-20. 25: 431:On the North: the South limit of 3041: 2662: 2661: 2649: 1685:G.R. Parker; S. Luttich (1986). 1511:Journal of Physical Oceanography 85: 65: 58: 38: 1764:"Eastern Canadian Shield taiga" 1739:. Echo Library. pp. 9–11. 1372:from the original on 2018-08-02 545:and on to the Northeast Ledge ( 205: 197: 189: 181: 173: 27:Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean 1390:Petrie, B.; A. Isenor (1985). 624:) deep and 1,000 km (621 178:c. 1,000 km (621 mi) 1: 1409:10.1080/07055900.1985.9649225 1081:Calow, Peter (12 July 1999). 1023:10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.187.01.05 612:Major North Atlantic currents 210:4,316 m (14,160 ft) 881:Coastal vegetation includes 202:1,898 m (6,227 ft) 186:c. 900 km (559 mi) 1471:Wallace Gary Ernst (2000). 413:GPX (secondary coordinates) 3123: 3107:Cenozoic rifts and grabens 3102:Geography of North America 3082:Seas of the Atlantic Ocean 2880:American Mediterranean Sea 2030:American Mediterranean Sea 1479:Cambridge University Press 921:spp.), ericaceous shrubs ( 762:, the other one being the 3038: 2643: 1736:The Moravians in Labrador 1366:The Canadian Encyclopedia 1336:. Springer. p. 234. 1330:Einsele, Gerhard (2000). 1282:. Springer. p. 286. 975:Great Soviet Encyclopedia 689:North Atlantic Deep Water 541:) to the East extreme of 408:GPX (primary coordinates) 383:Map all coordinates using 299:North Atlantic Deep Water 84: 53: 37: 1836:Antarctic/Southern Ocean 1608:Ducher, William (1894). 947:, which is used to make 594:Natural Resources Canada 391:Download coordinates as: 259:. The sea is flanked by 1982:Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea 1448:Encyclopædia Britannica 1424:Encyclopædia Britannica 1058:Encyclopædia Britannica 799:Canis lupus labradorius 732:and several species of 589:(52°13'N) in Labrador. 2303:Great Australian Bight 1770:. 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Index

Mer du Labrador

Paamiut
Labrador Sea is located in Canada

61°N 56°W / 61°N 56°W / 61; -56 (Labrador Sea)
Type
Sea
Basin
Canada
Greenland
French
Danish
North Atlantic Ocean
Labrador Peninsula
Greenland
continental shelves
Baffin Bay
Davis Strait
marginal sea
North American Plate
Greenland Plate
turbidity current
Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel
North Atlantic Deep Water

North American Plate
Greenland Plate
Paleocene
sedimentary basin

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