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Article: Where currents cross: intersection of the Gulf Stream and the Deep Western Boundary Current.
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- Oceanus
- Article date:
- March 22, 1994
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The Gulf Stream is perhaps the most widely known ocean current because its impacts range from effects on trans-Atlantic shipping to influences on the European climate. Near its origin off the southeast coast of the US, the Gulf Stream (or Florida Current, as it is known there) flows just off the continental boundary in several hundred meters of water. After paralleling the boundary for roughly 1,000 kilometers the current abruptly turns offshore near Cape Hatteras, NC, and flows northeast toward Europe. Beyond Cape Hatteras the Gulf Stream extends to several thousand meters depth and meanders significantly, in marked contrast to the shallow, nearly straight Florida Current. ...
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