Multiple Choice
Upwelling currents exist along the east coasts of lands at the equator because of ______________.
A) sea-level variation between the world's oceans
B) the upwelling of denser, more saline cold bottomwaters
C) the divergence of surface currents that are part of oppositely spinning gyres in the two hemispheres
D) variation in tidal behavior between the two hemispheres
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