Yucatán Channel

E314749

marine waterway strait

The Yucatán Channel is a strait between Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico and serves as a major passage for ocean currents.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yucatán Channel canonical	3
Caribbean–Gulf of Mexico exchange system	1
Yucatán Strait	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marine waterway ⓘ strait ⓘ
affects	hurricane intensity in the Gulf of Mexico through heat transport ⓘ
borderRegion	Isla de la Juventud ⓘ surface form: Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality Pinar del Río Province ⓘ Quintana Roo ⓘ
carriesCurrent	Loop Current inflow ⓘ Antilles Current ⓘ surface form: Yucatán Current
connectsBodyOfWater	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
countryBorder	Cuba ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
governedBy	international maritime law ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Yucatán Channel ⓘ surface form: Yucatán Strait
hasEcologicalSignificance	corridor for marine species between Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
hasJurisdictionalWatersOf	Cuba ⓘ Mexico ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	approximately 2800 m ⓘ
hasMinimumWidth	approximately 200 km ⓘ
hasOrientation	roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ
hasSalinity	typical open-ocean subtropical Atlantic salinity ⓘ
hasSurfaceCurrentDirection	generally northward ⓘ
hasTemperature	warm tropical surface waters ⓘ
influences	Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ Gulf of Mexico circulation ⓘ Loop Current variability ⓘ
isImportantFor	heat transport from Caribbean to Gulf of Mexico ⓘ nutrient exchange between Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico ⓘ regional climate regulation ⓘ
isPartOf	Yucatán Channel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Caribbean–Gulf of Mexico exchange system
isStudiedIn	climate science ⓘ marine ecology ⓘ physical oceanography ⓘ
locatedBetween	Yucatán Peninsula and western Cuba ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ
majorFunction	primary passage of Caribbean waters into the Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
oceanographicFeature	mesoscale eddies ⓘ strong baroclinic currents ⓘ
partOf	Atlantic Ocean drainage basin ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
separates	Cuba ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
usedFor	international shipping ⓘ regional fishing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Yucatán Basin → separatedBy → Yucatán Channel ⓘ

Isla de Cuba → locatedNear → Yucatán Channel ⓘ

Port of Progreso → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Yucatán Channel ⓘ

Yucatán Channel → isPartOf → Yucatán Channel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean–Gulf of Mexico exchange system

Yucatán Channel → hasAlternateName → Yucatán Channel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yucatán Strait