Eurasian Basin
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The Eurasian Basin is the eastern, deeper of the two major basins of the Arctic Ocean, lying between the Eurasian continental margin and the Lomonosov Ridge.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eurasian Basin canonical | 10 |
| Makarov Basin | 1 |
| Vavilov Basin | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanic basin
ⓘ
sub-basin of the Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Barents Sea
ⓘ
Fram Strait ⓘ
surface form:
Fram Strait region
Kara Sea ⓘ Laptev Sea ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Eurasian continental margin
ⓘ
Lomonosov Ridge ⓘ |
| comparedWith | Amerasian Basin ⓘ |
| contains |
Nansen-Gakkel Ridge
ⓘ
ultra-slow spreading ridge segments ⓘ |
| coveredBy | Arctic sea ice ⓘ |
| formedBy | seafloor spreading ⓘ |
| hasAverageDepth | greater than 4000 m ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
abyssal plain
ⓘ
deep ocean floor ⓘ mid-ocean ridge segments ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Arctic Ocean circulation
ⓘ
global thermohaline circulation ⓘ |
| hasSubBasin |
Amundsen Basin
ⓘ
Nansen Basin ⓘ |
| hasWaterMass |
Arctic deep water
ⓘ
Atlantic-derived water ⓘ |
| influences |
Arctic climate system
ⓘ
sea ice distribution in the Eurasian Arctic ⓘ |
| isDeeperThan | Amerasian Basin ⓘ |
| isEasternPartOf | Arctic Ocean deep basins ⓘ |
| isMajorDivisionOf | Arctic Ocean floor ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Arctic Ocean
ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| maximumDepthApprox | over 5000 m ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Eurasia ⓘ |
| oceanRegion |
Arctic region
ⓘ
surface form:
Eurasian Arctic
|
| partOf | Arctic Ocean ⓘ |
| separatedBy | Lomonosov Ridge ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Amerasian Basin ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geophysics
ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ oceanography ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | spreading basin ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Makarov Basin
this entity surface form:
Vavilov Basin