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Surface ocean currents are mainly wind-driven and occur in all of the world's oceans. Examples of large surface currents that move across vast expanses of ocean are the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Current, the California Current, the Atlantic South Equatorial Current, and the Westwind Drift. --- Vertical and ocean-bottom currents are mainly driven by density differences caused by changes in temperature and salinity.
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What currents are currents caused by temperature?
wind
What type of currents are caused by the moon's gravity?
Tidal Currents are caused by the gravity of the Moon.
Are deep currents caused by differences in pressurre?
All currents are caused by differences in pressure.
What is the curving of winds and currents caused by earth rotation is called?
Curving of winds and currents caused by Earth's rotation is called surface currents.
What are some ways that ocean currents and wind are similar?
They are similar because if you think about it carefully, the ocean currents are caused by the air currents and the air currents are caused by the ocean currents, so, it is all a scientific cycle.
What currents are currents caused by temperature differences the water?
ocean currents are caused by difference in temperatures and salinity lol :) :P hehe
What are the causes of currents?
its caused by the moon
What type of current is caused by wind on the oceans surface?
Surface ocean currents are caused by winds. As wind blows across the surface, the wind pulls the water and causes waves.
Where is dophins habitats?
mainley at the occen they do also live in the sea mainley in the deep areas they are often found in the medration and carrbian areas
What are deep currents caused by?
water density
What are tide currents?
Tidal currents are not quite the same thing as tides. Tidal currents are horizontal movements of water caused by the tides.
What creates the currents in the mantle of the earth?
they are convection currents, caused by the heating effect of the earths core
