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What are gyres?

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Currents make circular patterns called gyres. The gyres in the nothern hempisphere run clockwise, and the gyres in the Southern hepmisphere run counter clock wise.

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Relevant answers:

What is a gyre?
1. a ring or circle. 2. a circular course or motion.
Why are the gyres in the northern hemisphere separate from the gyres in the southern hemisphere?
The currents flow in opposite directions due to the Coriolis effect.
What causes gyres?
Gyres are circular movements of ocean currents caused by the Coriolis Effect.
How many gyres are there?
There are five gyres. They are the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, South Pacific, and Indian Ocean.
What are the five gyres?
there are five gyres in the world, they are the north pacific, the south pacific, the north Atlantic, the south Atlantic, and the Indian ocean gyres.