During flood stage, the largest river in the world-the mighty Amazon River-dumps 200,000 cubic meters of water into the Atlantic Ocean each second. Compare its flow rate with the volume of water transported by the West Wind Drift and the Gulf Stream. How many times larger than the Amazon is each of these two ocean currents?

During flood stage, the largest river in the world-the mighty Amazon River-dumps 200,000 cubic meters of water into the Atlantic Ocean each second. Compare its flow rate with the volume of water transported by the West Wind Drift and the Gulf Stream. How many times larger than the Amazon is each of these two ocean currents?

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Astronomy

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168284

Author:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Publisher:Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

Chapter8: Earth As A Planet

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 26E: With the information from Exercise 8.25, you can calculate the average age of the ocean floor....

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