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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
Water flows through the Caribbean Sea from east to west. This flow consists of 5 Sv of water from the North Equatorial Current flowing through the Windward Passage and 12 Sv of water from the South Equatorial Current which flows along the coast of Brazil. The total flow is about 17 Sv at a temperature of at least 17 °C (63 °F).
Ocean color is the branch of ocean optics that specifically studies the color of the water and information that can be gained from looking at variations in color. The color of the ocean, while mainly blue, actually varies from blue to green or even yellow, brown or red in some cases. [1]
The Caribbean is home to about 9% of the world's coral reefs, covering about 50,000 km 2 (19,000 sq mi), most of which are located off the Caribbean Islands and the Central American coast. [14] Among them, the Belize Barrier Reef stands out, with an area of 963 km 2 (372 sq mi), which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996.
Brazil Current – Warm current that flows south along the Brazilian south coast to the mouth of the Río de la Plata; Canary Current – Wind-driven surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre; Cape Horn Current – Cold water current that flows west-to-east around Cape Horn; Caribbean Current – Atlantic Ocean current
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The Caribbean Current flows from east to west in the deep waters off the continental shelf of Honduras. [26] In doing so, every few months, it generates cyclonic, counterclockwise gyres, characterised by a central water level depression of 8–12 inches (20–30 cm), which take 2–3 months to progress westwards along the ...
Marine waters cover more than 70% of the surface of the Earth and account for more than 97% of Earth's water supply [1] [2] and 90% of habitable space on Earth. [3] Seawater has an average salinity of 35 parts per thousand of water. Actual salinity varies among different marine ecosystems. [4]