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What effects do deeps currents have?
Deep ocean currents have enormous effect on climatic conditions. Deep ocean currents are also known as conveyor belt for temperature. There are two types of water currents, cold and warm. The warm water currents are less dense than cold water currents.
A streamlike movement of ocean water far below the surface?
Deep currents are streamlike movements of water that flow very slowly along the ocean floor. Deep currents occur when the cold, dense water from the poles sinks below warmer, less sense ocean water and flows towards the equator.
Do global winds directly cause deep currents?
Global winds do not directly cause deep currents. Deep ocean currents are primarily driven by differences in water density, which are influenced by temperature and salinity. While global winds can indirectly affect the distribution and movement of deep currents through their impact on surface currents and mixing processes, they are not the primary driving force.
What are surface currents powered by?
The sun causes currents in the ocean because it is warming the water in the ocean in the day while it is hot, and then in the night when the sun goes down, the ocean starts to cool. Since the air above the water is warmer than in the water, this causes the water to rise up to the warmth until it gets cooled by the night, or from rain. This is what created movement and currents in the ocean from the sun.
What currents are currents caused by temperature differences the water?
Thermohaline currents, also known as ocean circulation currents, are caused by temperature and salinity differences in the water. These currents play a crucial role in distributing heat around the globe and influence climate patterns.
How do deep ocean currents occur?
It is from differing temperatures of air above it that causes currents to flow in the water.
Are thermohaline currents surface or deep water currents?
deepwater currents
Compare the causes and effects of deep currents and surface currents?
deep currents form when dense water neat the poles sinks and flows slowly along the ocea floor
The deep water currents makes up what?
The deep water currents makes up what?
What are deep ocean currents primarily driven by?
Temperature differences in water
What causes deep curents?
Deep currents are caused partially by wind and the Coriolis effect and the other part is caused by the density change in water.
What causes cold deep currents to in the ocean near the poles?
Sinking of dense, cold water with high salinity :)
What causes deep ocean currents currents?
The relationship between the density of ocean water and the formation of deep currents. Differences in the temperature and salinity and the resulting differences in density cause variations in the movement of deep currents. For example, the deepest current, the Antarctic Bottom Water, is denser than the North Atlantic Deep Water. Both currents spread out across the ocean floor as they flow toward each other. Because less dense water always flows on top of denser water, the North Atlantic Deep Water flows on top of the Antarctic Bottom Water when the currents meet. Any other suggestions for questions? E-mail ncmulkey@bellsouth.net
What is the difference between surface and deep water currents?
The energy that drives the movement of the water
What causes cold deep currents to form in the ocean near the poles?
Sinking of dense, cold water with high salinity :)
What causes deep currents to flow?
Deep currents are primarily driven by differences in water density caused by variations in temperature and salinity. Cold, dense water sinks and flows along the ocean floor, while warmer, less dense water rises and flows near the surface. These density differences, combined with the Earth's rotation and topography, generate deep ocean currents.
What causes surface and deep currents?
The gravitation pull on the earth.
