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Ocean Conveyor Belt

Description
A response to density differences
Factors creating a dense mass of water
Temperature – cold water is dense
Salinity – density increases with increasing salinity
Called thermohaline circulation

Most water involved in deep-ocean currents begins in high latitudes at the surface
A simplified model of ocean circulation is similar to a conveyor belt that travels from the Atlantic Ocean, through the Indian and Pacific Oceans and back again
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