Gulf of Maine

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body of water gulf marginal sea

The Gulf of Maine is a large, biologically rich and cold-water marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the United States and southeastern Canada.

Aliases (2)

Gulf of Maine ecosystem ×2
Gulf of Maine-Bay of Fundy ×1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water → gulf → marginal sea →
basinCountry	Canada → United States of America →
bordersAdministrativeArea	Maine → Massachusetts → New Brunswick → New Hampshire → Nova Scotia →
connectedVia	Great South Channel → Northeast Channel →
connectsWith	open Atlantic Ocean →
countryBorder	Canada → United States of America →
environmentalIssue	habitat degradation → ocean acidification → ocean warming → overfishing →
geologicalOrigin	glacially carved basin →
hasCharacteristic	biologically rich → high primary productivity → important fisheries → large tidal range in Bay of Fundy → strong tides →
hasPart	Bay of Fundy → Cape Cod Bay → Georges Bank → Jordan Basin → Massachusetts Bay → Nantucket Shoals → Wilkinson Basin →
inflow	Androscoggin River → Annapolis River → Bay of Fundy → Kennebec River → Merrimack River → Penobscot River → Saint John River → St. Croix River →
knownFor	commercial fisheries → marine biodiversity → whale watching →
locatedIn	North America → North Atlantic Ocean → Northern Hemisphere → Western Hemisphere → northeastern coast of the United States → southeastern Canada →
monitoredBy	Fisheries and Oceans Canada → Gulf of Maine Research Institute → NOAA →
namedAfter	Maine →
oceanographicFeature	influenced by Gulf Stream → influenced by Labrador Current →
partOf	Atlantic Ocean →
supportsSpecies	American lobster → Atlantic cod → Atlantic herring → North Atlantic right whale → gray seal → harbor porpoise → harbor seal → humpback whale →
waterTemperature	cold-water →
waterType	salt water →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Campobello Island → Casco Bay → Portland Harbor → Stellwagen Bank → Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary →	locatedIn
Cape Cod Bay → Ipswich Bay → Massachusetts Bay → Plum Island Sound ("Gulf of Maine ecosystem") → Wellfleet Harbor ("Gulf of Maine ecosystem") →	partOf
Kennebec River → Piscataqua River →	mouthLocatedIn
United States territorial waters →	adjacentTo
Maine →	borderedBy
Essex County, Massachusetts →	bordersBodyOfWater
Kennebec River near Skowhegan, Maine →	drainsTo
Atlantic herring →	foundIn
Maine →	hasCoastlineOn
North Atlantic right whale →	knownFeedingArea
Portland, Maine →	locatedOn
Portland, Maine →	locatedOnBodyOfWater
Stellwagen Bank ("Gulf of Maine-Bay of Fundy") →	marineEcoregion
Portland Head Light →	overlooks
Atlantic cod →	region
Captain Lemuel Moody →	workLocation