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Do the gyres of the northern hemisphere circulate in a counterclockwise direction?
gyres in the northern hemisphere circulate clockwise, while the gyres in the southern hemisphere circulate counterclockwise
How many gyres are in the northern hemisphere?
4
What way do the gyres of the northern hemisphere spiral?
clockwise
What direction do gyres move in the southern hemisphere?
It turns clockwise
How do gyres form?
The Coriolis effect.
What causes gyres?
Gyres are circular movements of ocean currents caused by the Coriolis Effect.
Why are the gyres in the northern hemisphere separate from the gyres in the southern hemisphere?
The currents flow in opposite directions due to the Coriolis effect.
Why do major surface current gyres in the northern hemisphere flow clockwise?
The Coriolis effect causes northern gyres to spin clockwise.
What factor ultimately causes gyres?
Gyres are caused by wind current, like the Coriolis effect. The rotation of the Earth plays a big part, as does friction of the waves and underlying ocean bottom.
What factor determine the location and size and shape and direction of the surface current gyres?
Four factors that determine the location, size, shape, and direction of a gyre are wind, gravity, Coriolis Effect, and topography.
What factors are responsible for the formation of oceanic gyres?
A gyre in oceanography is any large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis Effect, planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, which determine the circulation patterns from the wind curl.
What is difference similiarity currents and gyres?
similarity is currents form gyres. difference is currents are any movement of water in one specific direction and gyres are circular patterns of water
What are stream like movements of water that have a large effect on an area's climate?
Ocean currents or perhaps gyres.
What are gyres?
Currents make circular patterns called gyres. The gyres in the nothern hempisphere run clockwise, and the gyres in the Southern hepmisphere run counter clock wise.
What are gyres and what is the difference between gyres in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?
Gyres flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. While gyres in the Southern Hemisphere flow counterclockwise.
Does sea water travel around the whole world?
There is some movement but the main gyres are within oceans, not ocean-to-ocean.
