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| Masses of ocean water that flow from one place to another |
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Huge, circular- moving current systems dominated the surfaces of the oceans, large whirls of water within an ocean basin. |
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| The wint is the force that generates surface currents, other factors also influence the movement of ocean water. |
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| North Pacific Current, California Current, North Equatorial Current, Kuroshio Current |
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| North Atlantic current, Canary Current, North Equatorial current, Gulf Stream |
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| The only current that completely encircles the Earth |
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| The rising of cold water from deeper layers to replace warmer surface water, is common wind- induced vertical movement. |
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| The most characteristic along the west coast of continents, california, South America, West Africa. |
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| Deep ocean circulation, caused by the difference in temperatures and salinity, density. Most water involved begins in high latitudes at the surface. |
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| Common boundary where different parts of a system interact. |
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| Energy traveling along the interface between ocean and atmosphere, often transfering energy from a storm far out at sea. |
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| The level that the water would occupy if there were no waves, halfway between the crest and the troughs |
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| Vertical distance between trough and crest |
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| The time it takes one full wave- one wave length - to pass a fixed position |
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| Horizontal distance between successive crests |
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1. Wind speed
2. Length of time the wind has blown
3. Fetch |
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| The distance that the wave |
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| The distance that the wave |
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