When less saline water enters a marginal sea above a return flow of saltier water, the circulation pattern is called:?

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Maxwell Hess

5 May, 01:03

When less saline water enters a marginal sea above a return flow of saltier water, the circulation pattern is called:?

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Helen Bowers · Answer 1

Mediterranean circulation

The Mediterranean sea is nearly disconnected from the main ocean. There is also less rain or freshwater from rivers supplementing it than evaporation. This causes the sea to have higher salinity of > 38 ppt than the open ocean's 34-36ppt.