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What is a gyre?

A) A deep ocean density current
B) a westerly moving current system within an ocean basin
C) an upwelling along a coastline
D) a circular moving current system within an ocean basin

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Answer:

d

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Answer: the answer is d

Explanation: A gyre in oceanography is any large system of rotating ocean currents, particularly those involved with large wind movements. Gyres are caused by the Coriolis Effect; planetary vorticity along with horizontal and vertical friction, which determine the circulation patterns from the wind cur

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