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The Coriolis effect, caused by the Earth's rotation, influences the direction of the currents in each hemisphere. This effect leads to clockwise gyres in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise gyres in the southern hemisphere, creating separate systems due to the opposite directions of motion. The difference in wind patterns and landmass distributions also contribute to the distinct gyres in each hemisphere.
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.
A difference between gyres and currents is that currents are formed by the wind, but gyres are formed by currents.
gyres in the northern hemisphere circulate clockwise, while the gyres in the southern hemisphere circulate counterclockwise
Gyres are large, circular ocean currents that are driven by global wind patterns and the Earth's rotation. They play a crucial role in distributing heat around the planet. The main difference between gyres in the northern and southern hemispheres is their direction of rotation: gyres in the northern hemisphere rotate clockwise, while gyres in the southern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise due to the Coriolis effect caused by the Earth's rotation.
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.
similarity is currents form gyres. difference is currents are any movement of water in one specific direction and gyres are circular patterns of water
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there are five gyres in the world, they are the north pacific, the south pacific, the north Atlantic, the south Atlantic, and the Indian ocean gyres.
The Coriolis effect.
Large, roughly circular ocean currents are called gyres.
its because currents form gyres and the wind is so much that it found a circular patterns