Yucatán Basin

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geographical feature oceanic basin submarine basin

The Yucatán Basin is a deep oceanic basin in the northwestern Caribbean, lying between the Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, and Central America, and forming part of the seafloor of the Caribbean Sea.

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Label Occurrences
Yucatán Basin canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
oceanic basin ⓘ
submarine basin ⓘ
adjacentTo Belize margin ⓘ
Honduras margin ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
western Cuba ⓘ
basinType deep oceanic basin ⓘ
bathymetry deep basin with relatively flat floor ⓘ
connectedTo Cayman Trough ⓘ
countryBorder Belize ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
floorComposition oceanic crust ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic to Cenozoic origin (approximate) ⓘ
geologicalProvince Caribbean oceanic domain ⓘ
hasFeature deep marine sediments ⓘ
steep basin margins ⓘ
hasOceanCurrent influenced by Caribbean Current ⓘ
hemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
hydrographicFeature deep-water circulation of Caribbean Sea ⓘ
liesEastOf Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
liesNorthOf Belize ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
liesSouthOf Cuba ⓘ
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
liesWestOf Cayman Trough ⓘ
locatedBetween Central America ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn Western Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: northwestern Caribbean Sea
maximumDepth approximately 14000 ft ⓘ
approximately 4300 m ⓘ
namedAfter Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Cayman Trough ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean Sea seafloor

Caribbean Sea ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean large marine ecosystem
region Caribbean ⓘ
surface form: Caribbean region
researchField marine geology ⓘ
physical oceanography ⓘ
sea Caribbean Sea ⓘ
separatedBy Yucatán Channel ⓘ
separatedFrom Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
tectonicSetting Caribbean Plate ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Caribbean Sea → hasPart → Yucatán Basin ⓘ
Cayman Ridge → separates → Yucatán Basin ⓘ
Belize margin → adjacentTo → Yucatán Basin ⓘ