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About how long does it take ocean water to travel around a gyre?
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About how long does it take ocean water to travel around a gyre?

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The Gulf Stream, for example, has an average speed of 4 mph, or 100 miles/day, or 3600 miles/year, in round numbers. A complete circuit around the Atlantic is 8 or 10 thousand miles, which would take around 3 years on a raft.
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