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Whar determines the direction of ocean currents​

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Oceanic factors are Tempature, salinity, density, pressure gradient and melting of ice. Atsmopheric factors are atsmopheric pressure, winds, rainfall, evaporation and insolation

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The direction in which they rotate is determined by the hemisphere in which they are located. The main overall global wind patterns, the rotation of the Earth, and the shape of ocean basins are the three major factors that decide surface currents.

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