Match the following code which are given below. Column(1) Name                Column(2)                Location (A)    Gulf of Boothia (D)         North of Canada (B)    Hudson Bay (E)         Northest of USA (C)   Gulf of St. Lawrence (F)         Between Boothia Peninsula and Baffin Island, North of Canada  ?

Option 3 : A-F, B-D, C-E

The correct answer is option 3, i.e, A-F, B-D, C-E.

• Gulf of Boothia:
  • To the east, it is bounded by the northwest coast of Baffin Island and to the west by the Boothia Peninsula.
  • Depth are generally about 275 m decreasing southward.
  • It extends some 170 miles into the Arctic Ocean to a point just south of Somerset Island.
  • The peninsula is a tundra covered plateau with an area of some 12480 square miles and a width of 120 miles.
  • It was discovered in 1829 by the British explorer James Ross, who named it Boothia Felix in honour of Sir Felix Booth.
• Hudson Bay:
  • It is bounded by Nunavut territory, Manitoba and Ontario and Quebec.
  • It is connected with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson Strait and with the Arctic Ocean via the Foxe Channel.
  • It has a shallow and quite smooth floor, averaging 330 feet in depth, with a maximum around 900 feet.
  • The coast situated in a region of permanently frozen earth layers or permafrost.
  • It is a marsh-ridden lowland fed by lake waters and turbulent rivers.
• Gulf of St. Lawrence:
  • It is a body of water covering about 60000 square miles at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.
  • It fringes the shores of half the provinces of Canada and is a gateway to the interior of the entire North American continent.
  • Its boundaries may be taken as the maritime estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, in the vicinity of:
    • Anticosti Island on the west
    • the Strait of Belle Isle between Newfoundland and the mainland to the north
    • Cabot Strait separating Newfoundland from the Nova Scotian peninsula on the south