Atlantic Ocean Currents

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  • Created on: 29-01-17 16:41
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  • 1. Caribbean
    • 2. N.Atlantic Drift (warm)
      • 3. Bounces of the coast of Britain.
        • 4.Heads up towards the N.Pole and round to filter down between Greenland and Canada (cold).
          • 5. This water becomes the Labrador Current.
            • 6. Which then crosses the Atlantic as a cold deep water current.
              • 7. Which has an upwelling off the west coast of Africa as the Canary Current.
                • 8. From there it bounces off the west coast of Africa and crosses the Atlantic as the N.Equatorial Counter Current to arrive back in the Caribbean.
    • 8. From there it bounces off the west coast of Africa and crosses the Atlantic as the N.Equatorial Counter Current to arrive back in the Caribbean.
    • Atlantic Ocean Currents

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