What is the driving force of the North Equatorial Current in the Atlantic Ocean? What causes this driving force?

Hitesh Patel asked Aug 16, 2023

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What is the driving force of the North Equatorial Current in the Atlantic Ocean? What

causes this driving force?

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The primary driving forces of the surface currents are the thrust by the trade winds and westerlies.

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Yash Marmat answered Aug 23, 2023

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