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Ocean current
An
ocean current
is a continuous, directed movement of
seawater
generated by forces acting upon this
mean flow
, such as
breaking waves
,
wind
, the
Coriolis effect
,
cabbeling
,
temperature
and
salinity
differences, while
tides
are caused by the gravitational pull of the
Sun
and
Moon
.
Depth contours
,
shoreline
configurations, and interactions with other currents influence a current's direction and strength.
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