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What three things create surface currents?

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  1. Global Winds, blows across the earth's surface creating surface currents. Different winds cause the currents to flow in different directions.
  2. The Coriolis Effect, the apparent curving of moving objects from a straight path caused by the rotation of the earth.
  3. Continental Deflections, is where the surface currents meet continents causing them to change directions.

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