Labrador Current

Labrador Current

Surface oceanic current flowing southward along the western side of the Labrador Sea. Originating at the Davis Strait, the current is a combination of the West Greenland Current, the Baffin Island Current, and inflow from Hudson Bay. It maintains temperatures of less than 32°F (0'C) and has a low salinity. The current is limited to the continental shelf and reaches depths only slightly greater than 2,000 ft (600 m). It carries several thousand icebergs southward each year.

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Labrador Current [′lab·rə‚dȯr ‚kə·rənt]

(oceanography)

A current that flows southward from Baffin Bay, through the Davis Strait, and southwestward along the Labrador and Newfoundland coasts.

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Labrador Current 

a cold current in the Atlantic Ocean along the coast of North America. It flows from Baffin Bay to the Grand Banks, where it meets the warm Gulf Stream and sinks to intermediate depths. The Labrador Current moves at a speed of 1–2 km/hr. The water temperature in the winter is below – 1°C and only in the south does it rise to 5°C; in the summer the temperature is 2°C in the north and 10°C in the south. The salinity is 30.0–32.0 parts per thousand. The current carries sea ice and icebergs.