Grand Banks
- a submarine plateau of the continental shelf off the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada. It is a meeting place of the warm Gulf Stream and the cold Labrador Current; this promotes the growth of plankton, making the waters an important feeding area for fish.大浅滩（加拿大纽芬兰岛东南海岸大陆架处的海底台地, 是墨西哥暖流和拉布拉多寒流交汇处, 有利于浮游生物的生长, 使得该海域成为鱼类的重要摄食区域）。