Meaning Of The Word Labrador Current

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Labrador Current in American English
icy arctic current flowing south from Baffin Bay past Labrador into the Gulf Stream
noun: a cold ocean current flowing S along the Labrador coast through Davis Strait to the Grand Banks where it divides, the E branch joining the North Atlantic Current and the W branch flowing into the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Labrador Current in British English
noun: 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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