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The 23 pages that link to Ocean gyre, each with the reason it gives.

• Coriolis effectBroader topic: Coriolis deflection helps set the direction and structure of basin-scale currents.

• Plastic pollutionRelated: Surface currents carry and concentrate buoyant plastic debris across ocean basins.

• Thermohaline circulationCompared with: Gyres are mainly wind-driven, unlike the deep overturning associated with density differences.

• Ocean circulationBroader topic: Gyres are the broad recurring patterns of wind-driven surface flow.

• Marine debrisRelated: Surface currents concentrate floating debris in some regions of the ocean.

• Ocean currentNarrower topic: Gyres organize many surface currents into basin-scale circulation patterns.

• Ekman transportRelated: Wind-driven Ekman transport helps shape water convergence and circulation within subtropical gyres.

• Coriolis forceRelated: Coriolis deflection helps organize the broad circulation within ocean basins.

• Drake PassageNarrower topic: The passage’s current system differs from gyres because it flows around Antarctica without a continental barrier.

• Marine plastic pollutionRelated: Surface currents concentrate floating debris in several subtropical regions.

• North Atlantic CurrentNarrower topic: The North Atlantic Current is part of the circulation linking the North Atlantic subtropical gyre to subpolar waters.

• Pacific Decadal OscillationNarrower topic: Changes in North Pacific circulation help sustain and redistribute PDO-related temperature anomalies.

• Rossby waveRelated: Oceanic Rossby waves adjust gyres after changes in wind-driven circulation.

• SargassumRelated: Gyre circulation transports and gathers floating Sargassum across ocean basins.

• Potential vorticityRelated: Potential-vorticity constraints help determine how currents circulate within ocean basins.

• Oceanic zoneRelated: Gyres circulate waters across broad areas of the oceanic zone.

• Sargasso SeaNarrower topic: The Sargasso Sea is an unusually clear example of a sea defined by a gyre.

• HalobatesRelated: Gyres concentrate floating debris and can shape the habitat and dispersal of oceanic species.

• Great Pacific Garbage PatchNarrower topic: The patch forms within one of the ocean's major circulation systems.

• Glaucus atlanticusRelated: Surface currents can carry Glaucus and its prey over long distances.

• Lepas anatiferaRelated: Surface currents and gyres help redistribute the drifting objects it colonizes.

• Ocean surface topographyBroader topic: The height gradients across gyres reveal their circulation and central sea-level patterns.

• Zonal and meridional flowBroader topic: Gyres combine zonal and meridional currents into basin-scale circulation.