Image: Corrientes-oceanicas

Description: Image of the ocean currents. Note that E. Greenland + Labrador + Norwegian = Viking gyre Gulf stream + N. Atlantic Drift + Canary + N. Equatorial = Columbus gyre S. Equatorial + Brazil + South Atlantic + Benguela = Navigator gyre S. Indian + S. Equatorial + Mozambique + W. Australia = Majid gyre Alaska + N. Pacific + Oyashio = Aloet gyre Kuroshio + N. Equatorial + California = Turtle gyre Peru + S. Pacific + E. Australia = Heyerdahl gyre Finally, a few gyres also exist at the poles (not shown at this map); these are: North Pole: Polar bear gyre, Storkerson gyre, Melville gyre South Pole: Penguin gyre References for the currents: Curtis Ebbesmeyer map at Wired
Title: Corrientes-oceanicas
Credit: http://blue.utb.edu/paullgj/geog3333/lectures/physgeog.html, original image
Author: Dr. Michael Pidwirny (see http://www.physicalgeography.net)
Permission: Public domain. U.S. government publication.
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