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Why is the Antarctic circumpolar current able to flow all the way around Antarctica without bending north or south?
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Where is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current located?
by antarctica because antarctic is part of the continent name
What is the world's largest ocean current?
The world's largest ocean current is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which flows continuously around the earth.The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is also known as the West Wind Drift.
What is a circumpolar current?
A circumpolar current is a type of current that can be found in the Antarctic region. A circumpolar current moves in a clockwise rotation.
What is wind drift?
Another term for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The current prevents warm water from reaching Antarctica and melting the ice caps.
Which ocean current in the great the Southern Ocean whips around the globe unhindered by land?
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current circles eastward around Antarctica.
What is one unobstructed current?
antarctic circumpolar or the "west wind drift"
Which ocean surface current carries the greatest volume of water?
The Antarctic circumpolar current carries the greatest volume of water. Another name for this current is the west wind draft. The current is circumpolar due to the lack of any landmass connecting with Antarctica and this keeps warm ocean waters away from Antarctica, enabling that continent to maintain its huge ice sheet.
Which current circles the entire globe without being interrupted by a continent?
Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
What is west wind?
Another term for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The current prevents warm water from reaching Antarctica and melting the ice caps.
What is the biggrst ocean current?
The biggest ocean current is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, also known as ACC. The largest ocean current is approximately 125 Sverdrups.
Which current is a cool ocean current that flows completely around Earth?
west wind drift current or antarctic circumpolar current
What ocean current in the southern hemisphere completely circles antarctica?
You may be thinking of the circumpolar current in the Southern Ocean.
