GULF STREAM  ,' the name properly applied to the stream current which issues from the Gulf of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and flows See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastward, following the eastern See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and separated from it by a narrow See also:

• STRIP

strip of See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WATER

water (the Cold See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

Wall), to a point See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

Banks off See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland . The Gulf Stream is a narrow, deep current, and its velocity is estimated at about 8o m. a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day .. It is joined by, and often indistinguishable from, a large See also:

• BODY

body of water which comes from outside the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies and follows the same course . The See also:

• TERM

term was formerly applied to the See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift current which carries the mixed See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador current eastwards across the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic . This is now usually known as the " Gulf Stream drift," although the name is not altogether appropriate . See ATLANTIC .