What main factors control water circulation and what are the 3 types of circulation in estuaries?
Circulation of water in the ocean depends on the temperature of the water, density, and wind or the current flow. Wind -driven circulation mainly entails the surface circulation of the oceans. The abyssal circulation involves the water circulation below the thermocline. The density and salinity lead to the conveyor belt movement of water between the much colder regions and hotter ones. Estuaries have three major circulations. The tidal circulation when the ebb and flood (river water) average is almost zeros; the surface circulations when the ebb is stronger than that of river (flood), and subsurface that occurs when the Continue reading...
