Great Bahama Canyon system

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The Great Bahama Canyon system is a massive submarine canyon complex in the Bahamas, notable for its deep, steep-walled channels that carve between the Bahama Banks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marine geological feature
submarine canyon system
adjacentTo Great Bahama Bank margin
linked to: Bahama Banks

Little Bahama Bank margin
New Providence Island region
connectedTo abyssal plain of the Atlantic Ocean
drains sediments from Bahama Banks
extendsFrom shelf edge of the Bahama Banks
extendsTo deep Atlantic basin
formedBy gravity-driven sediment flows
marine erosion
formedIn carbonate platform margin
geologicalSetting passive continental margin
hasBathymetry complex network of channels and basins
hasCharacteristic deep
narrow in places
steep-walled
hasPart Exuma Sound
linked to: Exuma

Northeast Providence Channel
Northwest Providence Channel
Tongue of the Ocean
deep submarine channels
hasSlope very steep canyon walls
influences local ocean circulation around the Bahamas
sediment transport on the Bahama Platform
knownFor one of the deepest submarine canyon systems in the Atlantic region
pronounced relief between adjacent banks and basins
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
partOf Bahama Platform
linked to: Bahamas Platform
researchField marine geology
oceanography
separates Bahama Banks
Great Bahama Bank
linked to: Bahama Banks

Little Bahama Bank
linked to: Bahama Banks
subjectOf bathymetric mapping studies
sedimentological research
seismic reflection surveys

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Tongue of the Ocean partOf Great Bahama Canyon system