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Ocean Currents
Term | Definition |
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ocean current | the movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern. |
surface current | a horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the oceans surface. |
Coriolis effect | the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the rotation of the earth. |
deep current | the streamlike movement of ocean water from far below the surface. |
convection currents | any movement of matter that results from differences in density; may be vertical, circular or cyclical. |
upwelling | the movement of deep, cold, nutrient rich ocean water. |