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684:. 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 598: 294: 49: 2652: 3032: 2640: 29: 767: 76: 56: 672:
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 342:at the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay. 281:Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel 55: 1463:Earth systems: processes and issues 1339: 1036: 704:and several marine mammal species. 13: 1772:. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2013-03-20. 1258: 949: 14: 3107: 1742: 970: 420:On the North: the South limit of 3030: 2651: 2650: 2638: 1674:G.R. Parker; S. Luttich (1986). 1500:Journal of Physical Oceanography 74: 54: 47: 27: 1763: 1753:"Eastern Canadian Shield taiga" 1728:. Echo Library. pp. 9–11. 1715: 1667: 1632: 1590: 1563: 1551: 1534: 1484: 1453: 1429: 1405: 1372: 1361:from the original on 2018-08-02 1312: 1231: 592: 534:and on to the Northeast Ledge ( 16:Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean 1379:Petrie, B.; A. Isenor (1985). 1209: 1195: 1163: 1144: 1101: 613:) deep and 1,000 km (621 167:c. 1,000 km (621 mi) 1: 1398:10.1080/07055900.1985.9649225 1070:Calow, Peter (12 July 1999). 1012:10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.187.01.05 943: 601:Major North Atlantic currents 199:4,316 m (14,160 ft) 870:Coastal vegetation includes 191:1,898 m (6,227 ft) 175:c. 900 km (559 mi) 7: 1460:Wallace Gary Ernst (2000). 402:GPX (secondary coordinates) 10: 3112: 3096:Cenozoic rifts and grabens 3091:Geography of North America 3071:Seas of the Atlantic Ocean 2869:American Mediterranean Sea 2019:American Mediterranean Sea 1468:Cambridge University Press 910:spp.), ericaceous shrubs ( 751:, the other one being the 301: 3027: 2846: 2790: 2774: 2723: 2707: 2632: 2606: 2573: 2355: 2262: 1994: 1906: 1823: 1725:The Moravians in Labrador 1355:The Canadian Encyclopedia 1325:. Springer. p. 234. 1319:Einsele, Gerhard (2000). 1271:. Springer. p. 286. 964:Great Soviet Encyclopedia 678:North Atlantic Deep Water 530:) to the East extreme of 397:GPX (primary coordinates) 372:Map all coordinates using 364: 288:North Atlantic Deep Water 207: 203: 195: 187: 179: 171: 163: 159: 142: 130: 82: 73: 42: 26: 21: 1825:Antarctic/Southern Ocean 1597:Ducher, William (1894). 936:, which is used to make 865: 691: 583:Natural Resources Canada 380:Download coordinates as: 248:. The sea is flanked by 1971:Prince Gustaf Adolf Sea 1437:Encyclopædia Britannica 1413:Encyclopædia Britannica 1047:Encyclopædia Britannica 788:Canis lupus labradorius 721:and several species of 578:(52°13'N) in Labrador. 2292:Great Australian Bight 1759:. World Wildlife Fund. 1757:Terrestrial Ecoregions 775: 662:West Greenland Current 658:East Greenland Current 602: 580: 482:– a line running from 298: 233: 225: 3086:Seas of North America 2699:Marginal seas of the 1227:(1): 3. 3 March 1997. 1151:Grønlands forhistorie 769: 666:Baffin Island Current 660:and continued by the 600: 418: 392:GPX (all coordinates) 296: 279:channel systems, the 2833:Gulf of St. Lawrence 2139:Gulf of St. Lawrence 1641:Journal of Mammalogy 480:Gulf of St. Lawrence 326:. 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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
Cretaceous

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