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Downwelling occurs when surface waters cool, and also when they lose moisture through evaporation. ...

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Downwelling occurs when surface waters cool, and also when they lose moisture through evaporation. Salt is left behind, which makes the water denser than the previously fresher water.

A good example of downwelling is in the North Atlantic, where the warm North Atlantic Drift loses huge quantities of heat and moisture to the atmosphere above.
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