The flow of large masses of water in the ocean, Rivers, Ocean Current, Coriolis effect, Swell, Erosion, When the rotation of the Earth causes water or air currents to circle clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, Ocean Current, Thermohaline, Coriolis effect, Upwelling, Affects the density of water, Temperature, Wind, Coriolis Effect, Shape of continents, The top relatively warm layer of the ocean (about 200 m) where the water is mixed by the waves and surface currents, Mixed Layer, Thermocline, Deep water layer, A layer of the ocean of the ocean somewhere between 200 m and 1000 m where the temperature drops rapidly with depth, Mixed Layer, Thermocline, Thermohaline, Deep water layer, The deepest part of the water (1000 m and beyond) where the temperature is coldest, Mixed Layer, Thermocline, Thermohaline, Deep water layer, When cold, nutrient rich water from deep in the ocean rises to the surface, as a result of offshore winds pushing the surface water away from land, Upwelling, Surface current, Coriolis effect, Thermohaline, Factor that does NOT affect surface currents, Coriolis Effect, Temperature, Wind, Shape of continents, When a river flows into the ocean its water will float or sink?, Float, Sink, Amount of salt in water, density, salinity, thermohaline, Currents that are affected by salinity and temperature?, Surface, Depth, Current that flows past Newfoundland and Labrador?, Oyashio Current, North Atlantic Current, Atlantic Ocean, The Gulf Stream

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