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Florida Current

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

Florida Current Part of the Gulf Stream that extends from the southern tip of Florida to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It is a fast-flowing (1–3 m/s), narrow (50–75 km wide), and deep current, still evident at depths of 2000 m, where velocities of up to 10 cm/s have been measured. It is an example of a western boundary current.

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Florida current

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

Florida current Part of the Gulf Stream: it extends from the southern tip of Florida to Cape Hatteras, N. Carolina. It is a fast flowing (1–3 m/s), narrow (50–75 km wide), and deep current, still evident at depths of 2000 m where velocities of up to 10 cm/s have been measured. It is an example of a western boundary current.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "Florida current." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-Floridacurrent.html

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