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side (station 10249) to about 8° in its northeastern side off Machias, Me. (station 

 10246), with 7.9° recorded for the southeastern part of the basin (station 10225) and 

 about 7° on the floor of the Eastern Channel (station 10227) that July. 



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Fig. 67.— Temperature at a depth of 175 meters within the golf for August, 1914. The temperatures along the continental 

 slope are for July and August of that year, combined 



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The most striking thermal feature of the western side of the gulf in summer — - 

 certainly the one most often commented on — is its low temperature below the 40 to 50 

 meter level, contrasted with the warm surface water and with the still warmer 



