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Office of Naval Research: Oceans in Motion Currents WebsiteOffice of Naval Research: Oceans in Motion Currents Website
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US Navy
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6th - 8th
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Office of Naval Research: Oceans in Motion Currents

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Use this site to learn what the Navy has to say about ocean currents and then test your knowledge with their quiz.

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Concepts

trade winds

Additional Tags

canary current, circulate, east wind drift, gyres, north equatorial current, polar easterlies, south equatorial current, surface current, west wind drift, antarctic circumpolar current, coriolis, kuroshio current, north pacific current, peru current, current, surface currents

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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