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Because the water is warmer at the equator than at the pole. The warmer ocean water is the faster the currents move and the colder the water is the slow the currents move.
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In what direction do cold currents generallly flow in the northern hemisphere?
East dummy
What regions of the globe do warm surface currents originate?
The equator.From there they flow to the North or South Poles in order to cool them.
What are the three elements that make up the Earths magnetic field?
The Earth's magnetic field is principally the result of electric currents generated in the mantle by its heat causing movement of this mass. A minor perturbation of this may be caused by currents derived from the Solar Wind - the flow of charged particles from the Sun. And of course the residual magnetization of local rocks will also have some effect.
How can mantle flow because its made of hot liquid magma?
Magma in the mantle moves in a current called a convection current. A convection current is a circular flow of a substance in which a hot substance rises, cools, sinks, gets hot again, and repeats. In this way, magma in the mantle flows in currents of more hot or more cool magma.
What type of flow does mt st helens have?
Mount St. Helens has produced lava flows in the past. However, the famous eruption in 1980 produced something much more dangerous: pyroclastic flows. These are avalanche-like currents of hot ash, rock, and gas that race out of a volcano. The initial pyroclastic flow from the lateral blast may have briefly been supersonic.
Do currents flow faster at the equator or the poles?
At the poles.
Do currents flow faster at the pole or at the equator?
At the poles.
Do wind currents flow faster at the equator or the poles?
At the poles.
Do warm currents flow toward the equator or away?
What direction do surface currents near the equator?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
What direction do surface currents near the equator flow?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
In what direction do cold currents generally flow in the northern hemisphere?
Cold currents generally flow towards the equator. (a.k.a. south).
Do winds and currents flow faster at the equator than at the poles or more slowly?
At the poles because the water is colder and less dense............
Why do warm ocean currents cool as they flow along a coastline away from the equator?
Warm ocean currents cool as they flow along a coastline away from the equator because sand and minerals are transported by ocean currents away from the equator.
Why there are more coastal deserts along the western coasts?
Ocean and wind currents above the equator flow in a clockwise pattern, while those south of the equator flow in a counterclockwise pattern. But all the winds and currents meet at the equator and flow east to west forming the trade winds and equatorial currents.
Ocean currents flow from east to west near the?
The Equator
In what direction do global winds and currents flow near the equator?
westward
