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What is the temperature of the north equatorial counter current?
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Which current is responsible for increasing the temperature of western europe?
north equatorial
North equatorial and south equatorial currents flow in which direction?
North Equatorial flow clockwise and southern counter-clockwise.
How did the North Equatorial and South Equatorial get their name?
The North Equatorial Current got its name from the fact that it is north of the equator and vise versa with the South Equatorial Current, the fact that it is South of the Equator.
How did the North Equatorial and South Equatorial currents got their names?
Probably by what kind of current they get there.
What hemisphere is the north equatorial current located in?
The North Equatorial Current is located in the Northern Hemisphere. It flows eastward near the equator between 3°N and 10°N in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the relationship between the north equatorial current and the golf stream?
They are complimentary the gulf stream caries warm surface waters north. The north equatorial current carries cold deep waters south.
Which ocean current helped Columbus on his voyage?
North Equatorial Current
Why is the North Equatorial current important to humans and ocean life?
North Equatorial Current play an important role in water-mass exchange. It also plays an essential role in water and heat exchange between the tropical and subtropical gyres.
Do surface currents occur only to the pacific ocean?
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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
Does the Gulf Stream end near the tip of Florida?
false, it begins in Florida.The Gulf Stream is a warm-water current. It begins in Florida and flows in a generally northeastern direction. The Gulf Stream is part of a larger current system that includes the North Atlantic Current, the Canary Current, and the North Equatorial Current.
What warm water current runs through the Sargasso Sea?
No curret runs through the Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Seais a region in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents. 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 currents forms the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.
