A surface gyre system in the Southern Hemisphere
A) promotes upwelling and surface depression if it rotates clockwise.
B) promotes upwelling and surface elevation if it rotates counterclockwise.
C) retards upwelling and decreases surface elevation if rotating counterclockwise.
D) retards upwelling and in creases surface elevation if rotating counterclockwise.
E) Rotation in either direction does not affect upwelling.

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In the Southern Hemisphere, a counterclockwise rotating gyre leads to convergence, which retards upwelling and increases surface elevation due to the Coriolis effect.

A Surface Gyre System in the Southern Hemisphere