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Reaching the South Atlantic (c), the southwardflowing NADW enters the Antarctic Circumpolar Current of the Southern Ocean, from which it spreads into the Indian and Pacific oceans. Surface and inter ... mediate water flowing into the South Atlantic via the southern tip of Africa replaces the deep water moving out of the Atlantic basin. Meanwhile, Antarctic Bottom Water flowing into the southernmost Atlantic (near c) moves northward, slowly wells up, mixes with overlying NADW, and flows back toward Antarctica (as seen in a side view in Fig. 10.12B). These movements complete an important segment of the global system of ocean circulation, the Atlantic thermohaline circulation cell. The rest of the global thermohaline circulation is linked to the Atlantic via the Antarctic Cir [Show More]
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