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The '''Caribbean Current''' is a warm water current that flows into the [[Caribbean]] Sea from the east along the coast of [[South America]]. The current results from the flow of the Atlantic [[South Equatorial Current]] as it flows north along the coast of [[Brazil]]. |
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[[File:Caribbean current.png|thumb|489x489px|Caribbean current, a warm ocean current in Caribbean Sea]] |
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The '''Caribbean Current''' is a warm [[ocean current]] that transports significant amounts of water and flows northwestward through the Caribbean from the east along the coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico.<ref name="The Caribbean Current" /> The current results from the flow of the Atlantic [[South Equatorial Current]] as it flows north along the coast of Brazil. As the current turns north through the [[Yucatán Channel]], it is renamed the '''Yucatán Current'''. The Caribbean Current water comes from the Atlantic Ocean via the North Equatorial, North Brazil, and Guiana Currents. The circulation of the Columbia-Panama Gyre flows counter-clockwise to the Caribbean Current.<ref name="The Caribbean Current">{{cite web|title=The Caribbean Current|url=http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/caribbean/caribbean.html|publisher=CIMAS|accessdate=24 December 2012}}</ref> |
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As the current turns north through the [[Yucatan Channel]], it is renamed the '''Yucatan Current'''. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Ocean current]] |
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* [[Oceanic gyres]] |
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[[de:Karibische Strömung]] |
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[[ja:カリブ海流]] |
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[[Category:Currents of the Atlantic Ocean]] |
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[[zh:加勒比洋流]] |
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The Caribbean Current is a warm ocean current that transports significant amounts of water and flows northwestward through the Caribbean from the east along the coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico.[1] The current results from the flow of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current as it flows north along the coast of Brazil. As the current turns north through the Yucatán Channel, it is renamed the Yucatán Current. The Caribbean Current water comes from the Atlantic Ocean via the North Equatorial, North Brazil, and Guiana Currents. The circulation of the Columbia-Panama Gyre flows counter-clockwise to the Caribbean Current.[1]
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[edit]- ^ a b "The Caribbean Current". CIMAS. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
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