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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of Maine canonical	80
Gulf of Maine watershed	6
New England coastal waters	3
Gulf of Maine circulation system	2
Gulf of Maine ecosystem	2
Gulf of Maine region	2
Gulf of Maine deep basins system	1
Gulf of Maine drainage basin	1
Gulf of Maine waters	1
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 ⓘ Muskeget Channel ⓘ surface form: Northeast Channel
connectsWith	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ surface form: NOAA
namedAfter	Maine ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	Gulf Stream ⓘ surface form: influenced by Gulf Stream influenced by Labrador Current ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
supportsSpecies	American lobster ⓘ Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) ⓘ surface form: Atlantic cod Atlantic herring ⓘ North Atlantic right whale ⓘ gray seal ⓘ harbor porpoise ⓘ harbor seal ⓘ humpback whale ⓘ
waterTemperature	cold-water ⓘ
waterType	salt water ⓘ

Referenced by (99)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts Bay → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Portland, Maine, United States → locatedOn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Portland, Maine

Essex County → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Essex County, Massachusetts

Ipswich Bay → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Kennebec River near Skowhegan, Maine → drainsTo → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Stellwagen Bank → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Stellwagen Bank → marineEcoregion → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine-Bay of Fundy

Cape Cod Bay → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Portland Head Light → overlooks → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Maine → borderedBy → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Maine → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Casco Bay → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Campobello Island

Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) → region → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic cod

Atlantic herring → foundIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

United States territorial waters → adjacentTo → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Wellfleet Harbor → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine ecosystem

Piscataqua River → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Portland Harbor → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Captain Lemuel Moody → workLocation → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Kennebec River → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Portland, Maine → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

North Atlantic right whale → knownFeedingArea → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Plum Island Sound → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine ecosystem

Penobscot River → mouthLocation → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Block Island Sound → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England coastal waters

Mid-Atlantic Bight of the Atlantic Ocean → adjacentTo → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Mid-Atlantic Bight

Northern New England → borderFeature → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Appledore Island

Appledore Island, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, United States → surroundedBy → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Appledore Island

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine waters

Atlantic Flyway → majorStopoverSite → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Georges Bank → separatedFrom → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Georges Bank → borderedBy → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

American lobster → foundIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Wilkinson Basin → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Wilkinson Basin → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine deep basins system

Wilkinson Basin → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine circulation system

Gulf of Maine Research Institute → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine region

Gulf of Maine Research Institute → regionServed → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Province of Maine → borderedBy → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Bay of Fundy → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Great South Channel → connects → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Great South Channel → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine circulation system

Jordan Basin → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

NOAA Ship Gloria Michelle → areaOfOperation → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: New England coastal waters

Parker River → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine drainage basin

Fore River (Maine) → partOf → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Maine watershed

Annapolis River → partOfDrainageBasin → Gulf of Maine ⓘ

Calendar Islands → locatedIn → Gulf of Maine ⓘ