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What are moving flows of the ocean water called and what effect do they have?
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How does the ocean flows?
It Flows with the coriolis effect. It Flows with the coriolis effect.
What is a large stream of moving water that flows through ocean?
Ocean current
How does an estuary effect your water shed?
it effects it because it flows in to the ocean and could pollute the whole ocean.
What is the name of the ridge that separates rainfall that flows into the Pacific Ocean from rainfall that flows into the Atlantic Ocean?
It is called the Continental Divide.
What is a large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean?
The stream of water which flows like a river through the ocean is a current. The Gulf Stream is the most significant such current which flows from the tropics to the northern latitudes.
Where a river flows into a lake gulf or ocean is called what?
Deltas
What is it called when the salt water flows inland from the ocean?
lake
What are fast moving rivers in the ocean called?
Fast moving rivers int he ocean are called currents. Currents are caused by the Earth's rotation. An ocean current is continuous.
What is the tropical ocean current that flows northward called?
Gulf Stream
What is a place where a river flows into an ocean called?
A river usually ends by flowing into an ocean, a lake or a bigger river. The place where the river flows out into a bigger body of water is called the "mouth" of the river.
What is a stream of water that flows into a lake or a ocean called?
There is no single name for a single stream of water that flows into an ocean but headwaters would be a good one for a single stream of water into a lake
What type of volcanoe is mauna loa?
It is a shield volcano. Rifts typically open in the seaward flanks, with lava fountains and slow-moving lava flows to the ocean.
