The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of the United States before joining the Gulf Stream Current near Cape Hatteras. Its contributing currents are the Loop Current and the Antilles Current. The current was discovered by Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513.
The Florida Current results from the movement of water pushed from the Atlantic into the Caribbean Sea by the rotation of the Earth (which exerts a greater force at the equator). The water piles up along Central America and flows northward through the Yucatán Channel into the Gulf of Mexico. The water is heated in the Gulf and forced out through the Florida Straits, between the Florida Keys and Cuba and flows northward along the east coast of the United States. The Florida Current is often referred to imprecisely as the Gulf Stream. In fact, the Florida Current joins the Gulf Stream off the east coast of Florida.
The FloridaCurrent is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of...
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carries the FloridaCurrent, the beginning of the Gulf Stream, from the Gulf of Mexico. Five wells were drilled in state waters south of the Florida Keys from...
Florida (/ˈflɒrɪdə/ FLORR-ih-də) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the...
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to...
The flag of Florida consists of a red saltire on a white background, with the state seal superimposed on the center. The flag's current design has been...
bypassing Orlando to the west Florida Midland Railroad (current), a short line railroad in several sections in central Florida Midland Railroad (disambiguation)...
Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. Different sources give different definitions for the region, but as its name implies it is usually...
Current delegation Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3. Florida's U.S. Senate seats...
original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-09-18. Meinen, Christopher S. "FloridaCurrent Transport - Project Background". Atlantic Oceanographic & Metereological...
United States census, Florida gained one new congressional seat starting in the 2022 midterms. The current dean of the Florida delegation is Representative...
University of Florida alumni includes current students, former students, and graduates of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Honorary degree...
a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of...
The current attorney general is Republican Ashley Moody, who took office on January 8, 2019. As with other elected statewide offices in Florida, the...
of Coral Castle 10 miles (16 km) north from Florida City to its current location outside Homestead, Florida. Leedskalnin named his new place "Rock Gate"...
United States, and currently occupies 5% of its historic range. In the 1970s, an estimated 20 Florida panthers remained in the wild. Florida panthers are spotted...
members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Florida. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States...
former news journalist, television show host, and the current first lady of Florida as the wife of Florida governor Ron DeSantis. Jill Casey Black was born...
Catholics make up the single largest denomination in the state. Florida residents' current religious affiliations are shown in the table below: Christianity...
be located in Florida, as well as the "flowery" nature of the scent. Accord to current trademark holders, Lanman & Kemp Barclay, Florida Water was introduced...
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