Largest tributaries
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Perciformes - Perches
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Carangiformes - Jacks
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Labriformes - Wrasses
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
The Gulf of St. Lawrence (French: Golfe du Saint-Laurent) is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semi-enclosed sea, covering an area of about 226,000 square kilometres (87,000 sq mi) and containing about 34,500 cubic kilometres (8,300 cu mi) of water, which results in an average depth of 152 metres (499 ft).
The Gulf of St. Lawrence is bounded on the north by the Labrador Peninsula and Quebec, to the east by Saint-Pierre and Newfoundland, to the south by the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island, and to the west by the Gaspe Peninsula, New Brunswick, and Quebec. As for significant islands, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence contains Anticosti Island, Prince Edward Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Cape Breton Island, Saint Pierre Island, and Miquelon-Langlade.
Half of the ten provinces of Canada adjoin the Gulf: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec.
Besides the Saint Lawrence River itself, significant streams emptying into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence include the Miramichi River, Natashquan River, Romaine River, Restigouche River, Margaree River, and Humber River.
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