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Labrador current

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labrador seanounAn arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and Labrador.
north atlantic currentThe North Atlantic Current, also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement, is a powerful warm western boundary current within the Atlantic Ocean that extends the Gulf Stream northeastward.
california currentnounThe cold ocean current running in the Pacific Ocean along the western coast of North America.
east australian currenta warm, southward, western boundary current that is formed from the South Equatorial Current crossing the Coral Sea and reaching the eastern coast of Australia.
humboldt currentThe Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America.
gulf streamnounThe warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles.
north pacific currentThe (sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift) an ocean current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean.
strait of belle islea waterway in eastern Canada, that separates Labrador from the island of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
nares straitnounA strait between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland, connecting the Lincoln Sea in the Arctic Ocean with Baffin Bay.
antarctic convergencenoun(geography) A line, circling the Antarctic, indicating the boundary between the subantarctic and subtropical waters.
northwest passagenoun(geography, nautical) The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.
benguela currentnounA cold ocean current originating in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, thence flowing northwards up the west coast of Africa as far as Angola. It provides nutrients for the sea life in the fishing grounds off the Cape of Good Hope.
lincoln seaa body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east.
north atlantic oceannounThe portion of the Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily between North America and the northeast coast of South America to the east, and Europe and the northwest coast of Africa to the west.
antarctic circumpolar currentan ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica.
north atlanticnounThe portion of the Atlantic Ocean that lies primarily between North America and the northeast coast of South America to the east, and Europe and the northwest coast of Africa to the west.
greenland seanouna sea area to the east of Greenland, bounded by Iceland, the Norwegian Sea, Svalbard and the Arctic Ocean.
st. lawrence rivernounAlternative form of Saint Lawrence River. [A large river in Canada, connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.]
barents seanounA part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and northwestern Russia.
kuroshio currentThe , also known as the Black Current or is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin.

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