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South of New Zealand, the Southern Ocean's westerly winds drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows continuously around the globe. This is the world's strongest ocean current, reaching down 4 kilometres to the ocean floor and transporting about 100 times the volume of water of all the world's rivers. The current does not directly affect New Zealand's main islands. However, the Campbell Plateau to the south deflects the current south and channels it north past the Antipodes Islands before the flow resumes its eastward course. Further south, cold, downward-moving winds, known as katabatic winds, flow off Antarctica. These winds drive a westward current and form a clockwise gyre in the Ross Sea.
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What are the warm and cold ocean currents of the Atlantic Ocean?
Ocean currents describe itself, a warm ocean current is warm water that has a path anything that gets in way of the path will be taken by the current same for cold water also a new tranport for the water to travel to ocean to ocean
Which ocean current flows along the western coast of south America?
west wind drift or the humboldt current
In the movie Finding Nemo what ocean is the East Australia Current located at?
Pacific Ocean
What are the release dates for The Current Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean - 2014?
The Current Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean - 2014 was released on: USA: February 2014
What is the name of a cold ocean current?
el nino
What is the worlds strongest ocean current?
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What is a transverse current?
A transverse current is an ocean current that goes either west or east. The strongest transverse currents are the equatorial currents, which are driven by the trade winds.
What is a river of water in the ocean?
A river of water in the ocean might be a way to describe an ocean current, such as the Gulf Stream.
What is the ongoing movement of of ocean water called?
an ocean current.
What is a deep current-?
Deep current is a movement of the ocean water. The ocean waters current is continuous.
What types of ocean water movement give scientists the strongest proof that the ocean is a vast reservoir of nutrients?
Which of the following types of ocean water movement give scientists the strongest proof that the ocean is a vast reservoir of nutrients?
Where is the energy from ocean waves the strongest?
At the waters surface
What is the biggrst ocean current?
The biggest ocean current is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, also known as ACC. The largest ocean current is approximately 125 Sverdrups.
What is the current in the ocean?
An ocean current, is the way a body of water flows!
What is the ocean current in deserts?
Deserts do not have ocean currents although they may be located near an ocean current.
What is warm ocean current and how many types of warm ocean current are there?
discuss warm ocean currents
What is at the top of the ocean food chain and why?
sharks because they are the strongest
