Ocean Currents

Continents influence the direction of ocean Warm ocean temperatures are generated near
currents by changing the flow of the water. At the Equator, and then carried towards the poles
Warm Ocean Current the same time, the temperature of ocean where they cool before returning to the Equator.
currents influences the temperature of coastal Most of the ocean currents off the coast of
areas, such as Oregon's coast. Oregon are cold.
Cool Ocean Current
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ARCTIC CIRCLE

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TROPIC OF CA
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PACIFIC
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Equitorial Countercurrent Current
EQUATOR
ATLANTIC
Equitorial
SOUTH OCEAN
Countercurrent
South Equatorial Current
Current

INDIAN
PACIFIC AMERICA
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Brazil
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West Win ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
West Wind
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ANTARCTICA