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thermohaline circulation
(redirected from Ocean conveyor belt)

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thermohaline circulation: see ocean ocean, interconnected mass of saltwater covering 70.78% of the surface of the earth, often called the world ocean. It is subdivided into four (or five) major units that are separated from each other in most cases by the continental masses. See also oceanography .
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15] watts)--close to half the amount of heat energy transported on the ocean conveyor belt toward polar regions in any given year.
 
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