With keeping in mind the thermohaline vertical circulation. Why do deep currents form only in high-latitude regions?
With keeping in mind the thermohaline vertical circulation. Why do deep currents form only in high-latitude regions?
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With keeping in mind the thermohaline vertical circulation. Why do deep currents form only in high-latitude regions?
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Thermohaline circulation is the large scale ocean water movement or circulation due to temperature(Thermo-) and salinity(Haline-) gradients formed by the surface heat and the freshwater fluxes. This is also known as deep currents.
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