Ocean+Currents

The basic definition of a current is a body of water that moves in a particular motion. Currents are identified by scientists by studying the physical and chemical characteristic of the ocean water. Currents occur when kinetic energy is transferred from the air to the ocean. Currents are formed by three factors, the local and global winds, earth’s rotation, basically the Coriolis Effect, and the continental barrier. The winds are the first thing that make ocean currents, the Coriolis Effect make the currents move in circles. This make gyres, and there are five gyres, Indian Ocean Gyre, North Pacific Gyre, South Pacific Gyre, North Atlantic Gyre, and South Atlantic Gyre. Currents sometimes hit continents, and the current has to go down or go back, which forms downwelling, which this is continental barriers. Picture: []
 * Ocean Currents **