gulf stream

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English - Turkish
(Askeri,Meteoroloji) körfez akıntısı
Golfstrim
golfistrm akıntısı
(Denizbilim) gulf stream

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the Gulf Stream
golfstrim
English - English
The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles
body of water in the Atlantic Ocean that flows from Mexico to Europe and influences the climate in the regions it passes through
A warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America. It originates in the Gulf of Mexico and, as the Florida Current, passes through the Straits of Florida and then flows northward along the southeast coast of the United States. North of Cape Hatteras the Gulf Stream veers northeastward into the Atlantic Ocean, where it splits to form the North Atlantic Drift and the Canary Current. the Gulf Stream a current of warm water that flows across the Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico towards Europe. Warm ocean current, part of a general clockwise-rotating system of currents in the North Atlantic. A major contribution of the Gulf Stream is its warming effect on the climates of adjacent land areas. In winter, the air over the ocean west of Norway is more than 40°F (22°C) warmer than the average for that latitude, one of the greatest temperature anomalies in the world. Winters in southwestern England are extraordinarily mild for this northern latitude because of the Gulf Stream. Regions of the Gulf Stream, such as the Grand Banks, have been among the most productive commercial fishing grounds in the world
A warm, swift ocean current that flows along the coast of the Eastern United States and makes Ireland, Great Britain, and the Scandinavian countries warmer than they would be otherwise
ocean current flowing along the coast of the Eastern United States to Ireland, Great Britain, and the Scandivanian countries, making the latter three warmer than they otherwise would be
A warm, well-defined, swift, relatively narrow, ocean current which originates where the Florida current and the Antilles current begin to curve eastward from the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina East of the Grand Banks the Gulf Stream meets the cold Labrador current , and the two flow eastward separated by the cold wall At about 40=AE$=AFN latitude, 50=AE$=AFW longitude, the Gulf Stream becomes the North Atlantic current which continues east-northeastward across the ocean The Florida current, Gulf Stream, and North Atlantic current together form the Gulf Stream system Sometimes the entire system is referred to as the Gulf Stream
Warm ocean current that originates in and around the Caribbean and flows across the North Atlantic to northwest Europe
is a warm, swift ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico, along the coast of the Eastern U S , across the Atlantic to the European coast, and makes Ireland, Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries warmer than they would be otherwise
The warm, well-defined, swift, relatively narrow ocean current which exists off the east coast of the United States, beginning near Cape Hatteras The term also applies to the oceanic system of currents that dominate the western and northern Atlantic Ocean: the Florida current, which flows through the Florida Straits between the Florida Keys and Cuba and northwards; the Gulf Stream, which begins around Cape Hatteras and flows northeasterly off the continental slope into the North Atlantic; and the North Atlantic current, which begins around the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and continues east-northeastwards towards the British Isles
A North Atlantic Ocean current setting northeastward off the east coast of the United States A segment of the Gulf Stream System, the Gulf Stream extends from the region off Cape Hatteras to an area southeast of the Grand Banks at about latitude 40° north, longitude 50° west It continues the flow of the Florida Current to the North Atlantic Current
A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic to the European Coast It helps warm Western Europe
– A large, warm ocean current which starts in the Gulf of Mexico, flowing north along the eastern coast of the United States until it reaches the Grand Banks, where it turns east toward Europe; the largest and most well-known of the western boundary currents, the Gulf Stream flows at five miles per hour
A warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico and across the Atlantic to Europe
a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
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the warm ocean current flowing northward off the eastern coast of North America from the Bahamas to the north Atlantic
Warm ocean current in North Atlantic Ocean which flows out of the Gulf of Mexico through the Straits of Florida At that point the current is 50 miles wide and more than 2000 ft deep It continues northeast along the coast of the United States to Nantucket Island off New England and then eastward toward the Grand Banks In the north mid-Atlantic ocean it merges with the North Atlantic Drift Current, a warm current flowing northeast to the Barents Sea, a sea located north of Norway in the Arctic Ocean At about 30 west it turns south eventually touching the Iberian Peninsula
A warm, well-defined, swift, relatively narrow, ocean current which originates where the Florida and the Antilles currents begin to curve eastward from the continental slope off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina East of the Grand Banks the Gulf stream meets the cold Labrador current It continues eastward across the Atlantic ocean
Turkish - English
(Denizbilim) gulf stream
gulf stream

    Turkish pronunciation

    gʌlf strim

    Pronunciation

    /ˈgəlf ˈstrēm/ /ˈɡʌlf ˈstriːm/

    Etymology

    () Gulf (the Gulf of Mexico) + stream.
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