Outflow Current

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Outflow Current

in oceans and seas, a current caused by a slope in the surface of a sea caused by a local rise or depression from the inflow of sea or river water, atmospheric precipitates, or evaporation. The velocity of outflow currents is proportional to the slope of the surface of the sea. The clearest example of outflow currents in oceans is the Florida Current, which flows from the Gulf of Mexico and gives rise to the Gulf Stream.

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No references found			If there is a large density contrast between the outflow and the oceanic water (as there is in the Mediterranean case because it enters the North Atlantic at a comparatively shallow depth, approximately 300 meters, before descending to about 1,000 meters), then the outflow current will accelerate to higher speeds, which causes more intense mixing and increased loss of density. Dynamics and modeling of marginal sea outflows by Price, James F. / Oceanus			outer hearth Outer Hebrides outer join outer keel outer lining outer mantle outer marker outer measure Outer Mongolia outer orbital complex outer planets outer product outer space Outer Space Treaty of 1967 outer string outer trapped surface outer-shell electron Outerbridge, Paul, Jr. outface outfall outfall sewer outfield outfit outflow outflow cave Outflow Current outgassing outgoing trunk outgroup outhouse outkitchen outlaw Outlawry outlet outlet box outlet glacier outlet head outlet ventilator outlier outline outline font outline lighting outline map outline processor outline specification Outlook Outlook Express outlooker outpatient Outpatient Clinic Outpost			outfitters outfitters Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board Outfitters Association of America outfitting outfitting outfitting outfitting Outfitting Publication Applicability List Outfitting Requisition Control and Accounting System Outfitting Supply Activity Outfitting Support Activity outflank outflank outflanked outflanked outflanking outflanking outflanks outflanks outflared innominate Outflatter outflew outflies Outfling outflow outflow outflow outflow outflow cave Outflow Current outflow tract Outflow Tract Obstruction Outflow Tract Ventricular Tachycardia Outflow Value Outflow-to-Inflow Ratio outflowed outflowed outflowed outflowing outflowing outflowing outflown outflows outflows outflows outflows Outfly outflying Outfool Outfoot Outform outfought outfox outfoxed outfoxes outfoxing Outfront Outfrown outgas outgas

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