GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The Gulf Stream carries warm water from the east coast of the United States to the west coast of ____
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South America
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Europe
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Asia
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Australia
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It extends all the way up the eastern coast of the United States and Canada. The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that carries warm water up the eastern coast of the United states and Canada and on to western Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gulf Stream carries the warm, poleward return flow of the wind-driven North Atlantic subtropical gyre and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This northward flow drives a significant meridional heat transport.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf Stream is an intense, warm ocean current in the western North Atlantic Ocean. It moves north along the coast of Florida and then turns eastward off of North Carolina, flowing northeast across the Atlantic.
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