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Animation of circulation around ice shelves of Antarctica. An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. [ 1]
Gulf of Guinea – 2.35 million km 2 (0.91 million sq mi) Tasman Sea – 2.3 million km 2 (0.89 million sq mi) Bay of Bengal – 2.172 million km 2 (0.839 million sq mi) Bering Sea – 2 million km 2 (0.77 million sq mi) Sea of Okhotsk – 1.583 million km 2 (0.611 million sq mi)
The Sargasso Sea ( / sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ /) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. [ 1] Unlike all other regions called seas, it has no land boundaries. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often calm blue water. [ 1] The ...
Group purchasing organization. In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1]
A cross section of the shore-end of a modern submarine communications cable. 1 – Polyethylene. 2 – Mylar tape. 3 – Stranded steel wires. 4 – Aluminium water barrier. 5 – Polycarbonate. 6 – Copper or aluminium tube. 7 – Petroleum jelly. 8 – Optical fibers.
The sea otter ( Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 and 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among [ 3] the smallest marine mammals. Unlike most marine mammals, the sea otter's primary ...
The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low- salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America. [1] It is an eastern boundary current flowing in the direction of the equator, and extends 500–1,000 km (310–620 mi) offshore. The Humboldt Current is named after the German naturalist ...
The Kuroshio Current is the west side of the clockwise North Pacific ocean gyre. The Kuroshio Current ( 黒潮, "Black Tide"), also known as the Black Current or Japan Current ( 日本海流, Nihon Kairyū) is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin. It was named for the deep blue appearance of its ...