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Thermohaline circulation
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Arctic Ocean
Cold, salty water at North Pole
Loses heat at the surface
Deep current
Sinks to ocean floor
Joins sinking water in Southern Ocean
Current splits
Moves south
Indian Ocean
Vast Pacific Ocean
Equatorial upwelling
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Other upwelling currents
South Atlantic
Aided by warm Gulf Stream
North Atlantic
Travelling at the surface
Turns east
Flows north
Warmed at the equator
Moves west
Combines with
Warm surface water
Mixes with warm equatorial waters
Flows north
Flows east
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- Year 13 Earth and Space Science Flowchart on Thermohaline circulation, created by Mollie Plenzich on 01/11/2018.
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