Gulf of St. Lawrence | |
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French: Golfe du Saint-Laurent | |
Coordinates | 48°36′N 61°24′W / 48.600°N 61.400°W |
Type | Gulf |
Basin countries | Canada Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) |
Surface area | 226,000 km2 (87,000 sq mi)[1] |
Average depth | 152 m (499 ft)[1] |
Max. depth | 530 m (1,740 ft)[1] |
Water volume | 34,500 km3 (8,300 cu mi)[1] |
The Gulf of St. Lawrence fringes the shores of the provinces of Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, in Canada, plus the islands Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, possessions of France, in North America.[2][3]
The Gulf of St. Lawrence connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River.[4][5][6]
A River, Estuaries, a Gulf: The Great Hydrographic Divisions of the St. Lawrence
Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence - Fisheries and Oceans Canada
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).the Gulf must be considered a complete and coherent systern: for example, what happens in the Gaspé current cannot be completely isolated from the phenomena that occur elsewhere. The degree of interdependence of the various areas remains to be explored.
. . . can be divided into three broad sections: the freshwater river, which extends from Lake Ontario to just outside the city of Quebec; the St. Lawrence estuary, which extends from Quebec to Anticosti Island; and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which leads into the Atlantic Ocean
According to the Royal Proclamation of 1763, a line from the mouth of Rivière St-Jean on the north shore past the western tip of Île d'Anticosti to Cap des Rosiers on Gaspé marks the end of the river and the beginning of the gulf.
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