Labrador Sea

E38627

marginal sea sea

The Labrador Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and the Labrador Peninsula, known for its cold waters, deep convection, and role in North Atlantic ocean circulation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Labrador Sea canonical	47
Labrador Sea region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ Greenland ⓘ
borderedBy	Greenland ⓘ Labrador Peninsula ⓘ
connectedTo	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Baffin Bay ⓘ Davis Strait ⓘ Irminger Sea ⓘ
coveredBy	seasonal sea ice ⓘ
experiences	intense winter cooling ⓘ strong winds in winter ⓘ
hasArea	approximately 841000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	approximately 1900 m ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	cold-water fish species ⓘ marine mammals such as seals and whales ⓘ
hasClimate	subarctic maritime climate ⓘ
hasCurrent	Labrador Current ⓘ
hasInflow	Irminger Current ⓘ West Greenland Current ⓘ
hasMarineEcosystem	cold-water marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth	approximately 4300 m ⓘ
hasOutflow	Labrador Current ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguageRegion	English ⓘ French ⓘ Greenlandic ⓘ
hasProcess	open-ocean deep convection in winter ⓘ
hasSalinity	relatively low surface salinity ⓘ
hasWaterMass	Labrador Sea Water ⓘ
hasWaterTemperature	cold surface waters ⓘ
importantFor	carbon uptake by the ocean ⓘ global thermohaline circulation ⓘ heat exchange between ocean and atmosphere ⓘ
knownFor	deep convection ⓘ formation of Labrador Sea Water ⓘ role in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ⓘ role in North Atlantic Deep Water formation ⓘ
locatedBetween	Greenland ⓘ Labrador Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic-subarctic transition zone ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ Tropical Northwestern Atlantic ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Atlantic Ocean
namedAfter	Labrador Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Labrador region
partOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean subpolar North Atlantic ⓘ
subjectOfStudy	climate science ⓘ marine biology ⓘ physical oceanography ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

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

Labrador Current → originatesNear → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Labrador Current → adjacentTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Labrador → borders → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Hudson Strait → opensInto → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Hudson Strait → easternTerminus → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Baffin Bay → hasOutflow → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador shelf → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Davis Strait → connectsTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Davis Strait → locatedBetween → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Davis Strait → adjacentTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

North Atlantic Deep Water → formationRegion → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Cartwright → hasAccessTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Torngat Mountains National Park region → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Nain → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Nunatsiavut → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Nuuk → locatedOnCoastOf → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Qikiqtaaluk Region → hasCoastlineOn → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Labrador Peninsula → borders → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Labrador Peninsula → hasCoastlineAlong → Labrador Sea ⓘ

West Greenland Current → influencesRegion → Labrador Sea ⓘ

NADW → formationRegion → Labrador Sea ⓘ

global thermohaline circulation → hasKeyRegion → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Long Range Mountains → adjacentTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Irminger Sea → connectedTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador–Nunavut border → locatedIn → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Lake Melville estuarine system → isOnCoastOf → Labrador Sea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Labrador Sea region

Labrador Sea Water → formedIn → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Labrador Sea Water → namedAfter → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador coastline → borders → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Atlantic Ocean (via Sheepshead Bay inlet) → connectedTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

subject surface form: Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Canada → hasCoastalFeature → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Quebec–Labrador Peninsula region → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Frobisher Bay → partOf → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Frobisher Bay → hasMouthIn → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Western Newfoundland → borders → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → drainsTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector) → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Postville → locatedNear → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Inuit region of Labrador → borderedBy → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Arctic Intermediate Water → spreadsInto → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Kujalleq municipality → hasCoastlineOn → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Qaqortoq → locatedNear → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Greenland coast → borders → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Lake Melville → locatedOnCoastOf → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Meganyctiphanes norvegica → distribution → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Port of Nuuk → locatedOnWaterbody → Labrador Sea ⓘ

Gadus morhua → nativeTo → Labrador Sea ⓘ