Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel
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northwest-atlantic-mid-ocean-channel-285-15165918
title:
Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel
text:
The Northwest Atlantic Mid-Ocean Channel (NAMOC) is the main body of a turbidity current system of channels and canyons running on the sea bottom from the Hudson Strait, through the Labrador Sea, and ending at the Sohm Abyssal Plain in the Atlantic Ocean. Contrary to most other such systems which fan away from the main channel, numerous tributaries run into the NAMOC and end there. The density of those tributaries is the highest near the Labrador Peninsula, but the longest tributary, called Imar
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description:
Hudson Strait area undersea channels
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Atlantic_Mid-Ocean_Channel
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date modified:
2024-03-17T05:13:01Z
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