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What direction do most of the surface currents north of the equator move?
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∙ 8y ago
The current north of the equator moves clockwise.
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What factor causes surface currents north and south of the equator to move in different locations?
Surface currents are created by air currents, earth's rotation, and positions of the continents.
What Causes the wind and surface currents to turn?
The coriolis effect. The spinning of the Earth on it's axis necessarily produces a rotation in wind and water currents on the Earth's surface due to the fact that the equator moves at a faster rate of speed than any points approaching the poles. This creates a counterclockwise rotation of currents in the northern hemisphere and clockwise rotation south of the equator. It also creates a deflection of currents to the right north of the equator and a deflection to the left south of the equator, essentially causing the currents to deflect in a clockwise direction north of the equator and counterclockwise south of the equator (opposite their localized spin). Thus the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic currents around the Atlantic Ocean move clockwise around the ocean, yet hurricanes in the North Atlantic spin counterclockwise locally. Other factors such as change in surface heat (sea/land breezes) and gravity (sun and moon creating tidal currents) also exist.
What is the surface currents north of the equator are?
Because of the spinning of the Earth, wind and ocean currents closest to the equator will travel straighter. Wind and ocean currents further from the equator will deflect away from the equator.Ê
What is the general motion of surface currents in south of the equator?
counter clockwise
What effect does the earth's rotation have on surface currents?
It causes them to deviate (different directions north and south of the equator) leading to the Coriolis effect.
What direction is the equator from the north pole?
From the North Pole evey direction is south.
Where is the Arctic Circle located from the Equator south or north?
The direction from Antarctica to the Equator is towards the North.
Which direction is equator from south pole?
It is North.(From the south Pole, every direction is north.)
The Arctic Circle is in what direction from the Equator?
the Arctic Circle is north of the equator.
What direction is the US from the equator?
Directly north.The US is north of the Equator.
What is the direction of the Arctic Circle from the Equator?
North, way North.
Define surface ocean currents?
Materials and energy
