Among the many ocean currents in the world's oceans, which one is the largest?

The largest ocean current in the world is the Gulf Stream. It is not an ordinary ocean current, but the largest warm ocean current in the world. Part of this ocean current comes from the Gulf of Mexico, and part from the Caribbean Sea. The flow of this warm current is huge. At its peak, it was equivalent to 120 times the total volume of rivers in the world.

1. The world’s largest warm current

The Gulf Stream is also called the Gulf Stream. When the north and south equatorial ocean currents merge in the western Atlantic Ocean, they flow into the Caribbean Sea. The ocean current passes through the Strait of Oil Catan, a small part of which enters the Gulf of Mexico and flows along the coast, and the remaining part flows eastward and flows into the Atlantic Ocean from the Strait of Florida in the United States. The Gulf Stream entering the Atlantic Ocean first flows northward, then northeastward, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the offshore waters of northwest Europe, and into the cold Arctic Ocean. 2. The formation of the Gulf Stream

This largest ocean current in the world starts from the Florida Strait, flows parallel to the coast of North America, and reaches the coast of Newfoundland. Then the warm current flows northeast and crosses Atlantic Ocean, forming the North Atlantic Current. As a result, this ocean current divided into two directions, one flowing northward to the Norwegian region, and the other flowing southward, forming the Canary Current. Water from the warm north and south equatorial currents gathers in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing its size and power and pushing the current out of the Strait of Florida. 3. The scale of the Gulf Stream

The flow speed of the Gulf Stream is very large, and there are weak reverse countercurrents on both sides. The strong currents of the Gulf Stream are usually limited to a narrow band 75 kilometers wide, and the maximum surface velocity can reach 2.5 meters/second. The thickness of the Gulf Stream is generally 700 to 800 meters. Its flow rate increases along the way, with a flow rate of about 300 meters/second in the Florida Strait, and doubles to the Cape Hatteras area. This warm current contains huge amounts of heat, and its maximum flow is equivalent to 120 times the flow of all rivers in the world.

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