Upwelling along the coast of Peru is very seasonal, due to the continually shifting wind patterns.
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Q46: Prevailing westerly winds cause easterly currents.
Q47: Downwellings occur at surface convergences.
Q48: The highly productive seas along the equator
Q49: Ocean currents are deflected to a greater
Q50: The North Atlantic gyre rotates counterclockwise.
Q52: Downwelling is produced by diverging surface currents.
Q53: Surface eddies can be tracked by satellites.
Q54: In the Northern Hemisphere, the water surface
Q55: Upwelling occurs along the coast of California
Q56: Geostrophic flow occurs when the Coriolis deflection
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