An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow.
- THE GREAT OCEAN CONVEYOR BELT
The global ocean conveyor belt is a constantly moving system of deep-ocean because the temperature and salinity.The ocean conveyor gets its “start” in the Norwegian Sea, where warm water from the Gulf Stream heats the atmosphere in the cold northern latitudes. This loss of heat to the atmosphere makes the water cooler and denser, causing it to sink to the bottom of the ocean. As more warm water is transported to the north, the cooler water sinks and moves south to make room for the incoming warm water. This cold bottom water flows south of the equator all the way down to Antarctica. Eventually, the cold bottom waters return to the surface through mixing and wind-driven upwelling, continuing the conveyor belt that encircles the globe.
IMPORTANCE OF THE GULF CURRENT FOR HEATING EUROPE
The golf current is important for heating Europe. It is a current that comes from the Caribbean and it brings as the warm water from there to hit our continent. This phenomenon happens when the warm water evaporates in Europe and it mix our temperatures be higher than in other places.
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