Basin of Foxe
the basin Foxe () is bordered in the east and north by the island of Baffin, and in the west by the peninsula of Melville. He was baptized thus according to the explorer of the XVIIe century Luke Fox .
This depression locked up in the Canadian shield recalls in smaller the Hudson Bay. Its not very deep water (90 meters maximum) recovers an old base preserved under sedimentary limestones. It contains the last large emerged grounds discovered in North America. Its not very deep water and its soft inclined banks remain dangerous for navigation.
The narrow passages between the south-western part of the basin of Foxe and the Hudson Bay often retain zones of marine ices to length of year. The marine ice scrapes the bottom by stirring up the silt which mixes with the water and which gives him a particular brown color. Marlings of the basin can vary from 3,5 m to 9 m in its south-eastern end. Because of the ice, height of the tides and its depth, the navigators preferred to avoid it like way towards the Arctic.
The basin of Foxe constitutes a vital surface of estivage for the young people Baleine S and a place of low setting for the females.
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- Canadian Encyclopedia
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