Multiple Choice
Prevailing winds generate ocean surface currents that flow in the same direction until they encounter a continent.They are diverted by the mass of the continent, forming the huge rotating currents found in both hemispheres in all oceans.These rotating currents are called
A) gyres.
B) vortices.
C) cyclones.
D) hurricanes.
E) equatorial currents.
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