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N76 [4]
3 years ago
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Surface currents in the ocean are impacted by What?

Geography
1 answer:
snow_tiger [21]3 years ago
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A.) Prevailing end currents

Winds are able to move the top 400 meters of the ocean creating surface ocean currents. Surface ocean currents from large circular patterns called gyres. Gyres flow clockwise in Northern Hemisphere oceans and counterclockwise in Southern Hemisphere oceans because of the Coriolis Effect.

- I hope this helps! (:
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