OCEAN CURRENTS

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CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2012

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What is an ocean current?

An ocean current is like a river in the ocean: water is flowing traveling from place to place. Historically, ocean currents have been very important fo transportation.
(When crossing the ocean in a ship powered by the wind (via sails), being carried by an ocean current (or avoiding a current going the opposite direction) could save a ship more than a week of travel time).

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Why do we care about ocean currents?

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they carry things in the water from place to place in the ocean, like ocean pollution can help us determine where sewage is leaking into the ocean or predict how far away the pollution from a leaking sewage pipe will affect the shoreline.

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What causes ocean currents?

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Ocean currents can be created in several different ways, but most ocean currents at the surface of the ocean are created by the wind pushing the surface of the water. Waves can be an important part of this process: the wind causes waves to grow and break, causing water to

7/18/12 The figure below shows how the water (blue) moves in response to various winds (green)

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Bibliography : Oceanography 10, T. James Noyes, El Camino College

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