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(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(straight) (curved)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(Earth's absolute sense of rotation) (Your viewing of the same rotation from opposite directions)
(straight) (curved)
(straight) (curved)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(increases) (remains the same) (decreases)
(0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr
(0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr
(0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr
(0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr
(increases) (remains the same) (decreases)
(0) (830) (1460) (1670) km/hr
(increases) (remains the same) (decreases)
(right) (left)
(follows) (is right of) (is left of)
(follows) (is right of) (is left of)
(left) (right)
(Northeast Trades) (Prevailing Westerlies) (Polar Easterlies)
(Northeast Trades) (Prevailing Westerlies) (Polar Easterlies)
(northeast) (southeast)
(northwest) (southeast)
(towards) (away from)
(depression) (mounding)
(friction) (Earth's rotation)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(clockwise) (counterclockwise)
(does) (does not)
(high) (low)
(12) (13) (14) °C
(35.60) (36.02) (36.20)
(11.3 °C and 35.6) (12.5 °C and 35.6) (11.3 °C and 36.2)
(9.8 °C and 36.3) (11.0 °C and 35.6) (11.0 °C and 36.3)
(11.0 °C and 35.1) (4.2 °C and 36.2) (4.2 °C and 35.1)
(increased) (decreased)
(100) (500) (1200) (2000) m
(North Atlantic Deep Water) (Mediterranean Intermediate Water)
(yes) (no)
(1) (10) (100) (1,000) (10,000) yrs
(cooling) (heating)
(precipitation) (evaporation)
(300 m) (1000 m)
(left and lower latitudes) (right and higher latitudes)
(eastern) (western)
(less than) (equal to) (greater than)
(be greater than) (equal) (be less than)
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