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How many currents exist within each gyre?
there is not a certain no. of ocean currents that take place inside each ocean gyre.
What warm current moves west along the equator in the North Atlantic?
Gulf SteamA gyre current is a system of four currents completing a flow circuit around the periphery of an ocean basin. This gyre current would be called the North Atlantic gyre.
Is there a posibility of cleaning up the north pacific gyre?
i think there is
Do surface currents occur only to the pacific ocean?
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Approximately where is it Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
It is located in an area call the North Pacific Gyre, which is a patch of the North Pacific Ocean that covers thousands of square miles roughly between the United States and Japan and reaching toward Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. It's called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch because the prevailing ocean currents tend to swirl around this patch of ocean, causing all manner of floating debris to be concentrated in the gyre.
What is the size of the north pacific gyre?
it is twice the size of Texas on the top and 3,000 feet deep.
Which currents make up the north Atlantic gyre?
How do currents that flow along the west coast of continents compare with Currents that flow along the east coasts of continents
The Canaries current is in what ocean gyre?
North Atlantic Gyre
In which direction does the north pacific subtropical gyre rotate?
They are circular currents usually in the oceans but also in air, caused by the Coriolis effect.Alternatively they may follow the gimbles in the wabe, perhaps caused by the slithy toves themselves.
Do currents on the western boundary of a gyre tend to be cold deep and fast?
A gyre is a current driven by the wind. The western boundary currents tend to be warm in temperature, and fast in speed. They are also deeper than the cold and slow eastern boundary currents.
Which sea has the clearest water?
Sargasso Sea. Sargasso Sea is distinctive for its deep blue color and exceptional clarity, with underwater visibility of up to 200 feet (61 m).The Sargasso Sea is a region in the Gyre in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream; on the north, by the North Atlantic Current; on the east, by the Canary Current; and on the south, by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. This system of ocean currents forms the North Atlantic Gyre.
What are the two ocean currents?
Gyre and the Atlantic current and that's all I know but there are a lot of currents around the world
