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The Mediterranean Outflow is a current flowing from the Mediterranean Sea towards the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Once it has reached the western side of the Strait of Gibraltar, it divides into two branches, one flowing westward following the Iberian continental slope, and another returning to the Strait of Gibraltar ...
On the Atlantic side of the Strait, a density boundary separates the Mediterranean outflow waters from the rest at about 100 m (330 ft; 55 fathoms) depth. These waters flow out and down the continental slope, losing salinity, until they begin to mix and equilibrate more rapidly, much farther out at a depth of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft; 550 fathoms).
The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain to oceans, mediterranean seas, rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
The influence of an aquatic sill on fjord water circulation. An aquatic sill (or an oceanic sill) is a sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth (tens to hundreds of meters) that restricts water movement between benthic zones of an oceanic basin or lake bottom. [1]
The Azores current represented north of the Azores High, seen around 40°N in the map.. The Azores Current is a generally eastward to southeastward-flowing ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The Camarinal Sill is the sill separating the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. This threshold is the shallowest seafloor pass between the Iberian Peninsula and Africa . It is located approximately 25 km west of the narrowest section of the Strait of Gibraltar and 20 km east of the Espartel Sill , at 35°56′N 5°45′W / 35. ...
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Most observations of salt-fingering staircases have come from three locations: the western Tropical Atlantic, the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the Mediterranean outflow. In these regions the density ratio ( R ρ ) {\displaystyle (R_{\rho })} has a very low value, which appears to be a condition for sufficient staircase formation.