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WHAT DOES LABRADOR CURRENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Labrador Current

Labrador Current

The Labrador Current is a cold current in the North Atlantic Ocean which flows from the Arctic Ocean south along the coast of Labrador and passes around Newfoundland, continuing south along the east coast of Nova Scotia. It is a continuation of the West Greenland Current and the Baffin Island Current. It meets the warm Gulf Stream at the Grand Banks southeast of Newfoundland and again north of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The combination of these two currents produces heavy fogs and also created one of the richest fishing grounds in the world. In spring and early summer, this current transports icebergs from the glaciers of Greenland southwards into the trans-Atlantic shipping lanes. The waters of the Labrador Current have a cooling effect on the Canadian Atlantic provinces and coastal New England, but rarely have a significant effect on waters south of Cape Cod. This can most clearly be seen in the fact that the northern limit of tree growth can be as much as fifteen degrees farther south than in Siberia, Europe or western Canada. The transport of the Labrador Current is believed to contain a large barotropic component.

Definition of Labrador Current in the English dictionary

The definition of Labrador Current in the dictionary is a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LABRADOR CURRENT

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Translator English - Chinese

拉布拉多电流
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Corriente de Labrador
570 millions of speakers

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Labrador Current
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लैब्राडोर वर्तमान
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Translator English - Arabic

لابرادور الحالي
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Translator English - Russian

Лабрадор Текущий
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Translator English - Portuguese

Labrador atual
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Translator English - Bengali

Labrador বর্তমান
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Translator English - French

courant du Labrador
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Translator English - Malay

Labrador Current
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Translator English - German

Labrador-Strom
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Translator English - Japanese

ラブラドル海流
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Translator English - Korean

래브라도 현재
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Translator English - Javanese

Labrador Current
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Labrador hiện tại
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Translator English - Tamil

லாபர்ட் நடப்பு
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Translator English - Marathi

लाब्राडोर चालू
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Translator English - Turkish

Labrador Current
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Translator English - Italian

Labrador corrente
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Translator English - Polish

Aktualny labrador
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Лабрадор Поточний
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Translator English - Romanian

Labrador curenta
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Translator English - Greek

ρεύμα του Λαμπραντόρ
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Labrador Huidige
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Translator English - Swedish

Labrador Current
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Translator English - Norwegian

Labrador Current
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LABRADOR CURRENT»

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Cod: The Ecological History of the North Atlantic Fisheries
Labrador Current The currents that impact the marine ecosvstems of Newfoundland and Labrador are part of a larger system of climate and ocean variation that spans the North Atlantic and comprises part of global circulation. The southward ...
George A. Rose, 2007
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Dictionary of Newfoundland English
5 Attrib. comb labrador current: cold ocean current flowing from the arctic past Labrador and eastern Newfoundland 1837 BLUNT 666 I have long since become satisfied that the current in question is neither more nor less than a direct  ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
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Atlantic Crossings: A Sailor's Guide to Europe and Beyond
Labrador tails and tongues The Labrador Current brings cold water, pack ice and icebergs down through the Davis Strait between Newfoundland and Greenland to join its annual battle for position with the Gulf Stream. Thanks to the Labrador ...
Les Weatheritt, 2006
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Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Newfoundland, Labrador, and ...
The cooling of this air by the cold waters of the Labrador Current produces dense sea fog on the Grand Banks. On the E coast of Newfoundland, fog is brought in by NE and E winds during May, June, and July. The fog rarely extends far inland  ...
‎2005
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Newfoundland and Labrador: A History
The northern edge of the banks diverted the southward icy flow of the Labrador Current toward the southeast, where it runs into the Gulf Stream off the southeastern Grand Banks. While the Grand Banks have profoundly influenced the ...
Sean Thomas Cadigan, 2009
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The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Regional Studies ...
The major current systems are illustrated in Figure 5.4, and include the Labrador Current, the Gulf Stream, and their adjoining Shelf and Slope Water currents, as described by Csanady and Hamilton (1988) and Chapman and Beardsley ...
Allan R. Robinson, Kenneth H. Brink, 2006
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Ocean Currents: A Derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean ...
Figure 9 Schematic figure showing the North Atlantic subpolar gyre circulation and the Labrador Current. (Reprodued from Lazier and Wright (1993).) 80 ̊ 40 ̊ 60 ̊ Baffin Bay 80 ̊ 40 ̊ 60 ̊ B a f f in I s l a n d Greenland Foxe Basin Iqaluit ...
John H. Steele, Steve A. Thorpe, Karl K. Turekian, 2010
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Encyclopedia of Marine Science
The Labrador Current is a cold current that flows southward parallel to the northeastern coast of Canada. Labrador Current The Labrador Current is a cold, low-salinity current flowing southeastward along the Labrador Coast, where some of ...
C. Reid Nichols, Robert G. Williams, 2009
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A Regional Geography of the United States and Canada: Toward ...
The cold Labrador Current (30°F, or 1.7°C) meets the northward-flowing Gulf Stream (68°F, or 20°C) off the coast of Newfoundland at the Grand Banks. The Labrador Current flows from Greenland's glaciers north into Baffin Bay and then south.
Chris Mayda, 2012
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Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
2. General Circulation and other physical conditions off Newfoundland Near- surface ocean circulation off Newfoundland is dominated by two primary currents (Fig. 1), the relatively cold and fresh equatorward Labrador Current, and the warmer ...
Malcolm L. Spaulding, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LABRADOR CURRENT»

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Transatlantic Race: Follow the Schooner
The reason for this is partly the Ice Exclusion Zone, keeping the boats south of the south-bound Labrador Current, but also the Gulf Stream. «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jul 15»
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Big is better in 2015 Transatlantic Race
... fishing boats, and, not least, icebergs drifting south on the Labrador Current. Mariette of 1915 has also put some 160 miles on second placed ... «My Sailing, Jul 15»
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Partridge of the barrens
The island of Newfoundland has the cooling effect of the Labrador Current creating Arctic-like barrens habitat right down to sea level in places. «The Telegram, Jun 15»
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Canada's once-forbidden Sable Island now exotic maritime adventure
The cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf of Mexico current collide in these waters and that's why Sable Island is shrouded in thick fog 132 ... «The Province, Jun 15»
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Scrapbooks, movies and paintings reflect the way it was
... moist winds blowing from the southwest off the Gulf Stream mixing with chilled air over the Labrador Current. Frequently these fogs are blown ... «Northern Pen, Jun 15»
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In salt-water fishing, The Big Rock is the big dance
At the fulcrum of passing the NC Coast, the stream collides with the cooler Labrador Current, flowing from north to south, and this collision of ... «Durham Herald Sun, Jun 15»
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Northern cod survey reveals major new spawning stocks, supporting …
... the sea floor; and the southward-flowing Labrador current makes it unlikely that juveniles in the north resulted from spawning in the Bonavista ... «Undercurrent News, Jun 15»
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Dynamic Spring Weather in North Atlantic Waters
The Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream meet in this area, and the relatively shallow water promotes an abundant crop of phytoplankton, ... «Scientific Computing, May 15»
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SMAST survey of groundfish has potential to improve regulation
... where the mingling of the cold Labrador current with the warmer water of the Gulf Stream creates an ideal environment for all forms of marine ... «SouthCoastToday.com, May 15»
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On Board With: Cmdr. Gabrielle McGrath
Greenland's Labrador Current takes icebergs north first and then to the south, where they cross the Great Circle route. In addition, the cold ... «Boating Magazine, May 15»

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