Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . EQUATOR. The Equatorial and Japan Currents ot the Pacific Ocean. 20. Under the Name of the Japan Current it then flowseastward across the Pacific, until turned by the western sideof North America, when, following the direction of the coast, I it meets the Equatorial Tropical CuiTent. i 21. Therefore, the General Plan of the Equatorial Currentis a flow roimd and roimd in ellipses, westward on or near theEquator; turning to the north in the Northern Hemisphere,
Monteith's physical and political geography; in two parts Part I Geography taught as a science .. Part II Local and civil geography .. . EQUATOR. The Equatorial and Japan Currents ot the Pacific Ocean. 20. Under the Name of the Japan Current it then flowseastward across the Pacific, until turned by the western sideof North America, when, following the direction of the coast, I it meets the Equatorial Tropical CuiTent. i 21. Therefore, the General Plan of the Equatorial Currentis a flow roimd and roimd in ellipses, westward on or near theEquator; turning to the north in the Northern Hemisphere,and to the south in the Southern Hemisphere. 22. The Equatorial Current ffows in Deep Waters, and itscourse is bent by the steep sides of the oceans bed, about100 miles i\:>va. the coast 23. From the Arctic to the Atlantic Ocean two cold cur-rents flow southwardlj; one being west, the other, east ofGreenland. These are called Arctic CuiTents; and, being una-ble to acquire the easterly velocity of those parts of the earthssurface which they pass on their way south, they are thrownto the west side of the ocean. 24. The Arctic Currents carry with them huge icebergs ;many of which, as they meet the warm waters of the GulfStream off the coast of Newfoundland, become melted, andthere deposit quantities of gravel, sand, and stones, transportedfrom more northern lands. 25. These Masses contribute to the formation of the famousbanks or shoals of that region. 26. Here, also, the Cold Currents of the Atmosphere fromthe North meet the warm, moist air over the Gulf Stream,whose vapors thus become condensed and form the heavy fogsfor which that region is noted. 27. liy means of these Currents, there is maintained a con-stant interchange of tropical and polar waters ; thus moderat-i
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