Caribbean current
The Caribbean current is a warm ocean current in the Caribbean .
It arises mainly from the warm waters of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current and parts of the North Equatorial Current . It passes the north coast of South America near Venezuela in a north-westerly direction with a flow velocity of 0.2 m / s, then turns northwards through the Yucatán Strait (0.8 m / s) (from here the current is also called Yucatan Current) and further east , where it becomes the Florida Current between Cuba and Florida , making it the main supplier of water to the Gulf Stream .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Caribbean Current". Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 10. Leipzig 1907, p. 625