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Terrain Atlantic Ocean, in 32 editions.
The entry for Atlantic Ocean published Terrain in 32 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2021. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Terrain in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 12
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2021
Published as “Terrain” (1990 to 2021).
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2021 edition
Changed since 2020The same text in 1990 and 1991.
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin;
- maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin; maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
The same text in 1992 and 1993.
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin;
- maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and
Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular
system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre
in the south Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin;
maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin;
- maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and
and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular
circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise
warm water gyre
the Mid-Atlantic
Atlantic basin;
Trench
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin;
- maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait,
Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre (broad,
(broad, circular system of currents) in the north northern Atlantic, counterclockwise
counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south southern Atlantic; the ocean
floor is dominated by
centerline for the entire
meters in the Puerto Rico
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
- lowest point:
- Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
- highest point:
- sea level 0 m
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark
Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm
water gyreAtlantic,
Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
the oceannorth-south
north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin; maximum depth is 8,605 basinmeters in the lowest point: Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea,
Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm
(broad, circular system of currents) in the northern
counterclockwise warm water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged
centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
lowest point: Puerto Rico Trench -8,605 m
highest point: sea level 0 m
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark
Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre
warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic,
Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
the oceannorth-south
north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
The same text in 2000 and 2001.
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea,
The same text in 15 editions, 2002 to 2016.
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June;
- clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June;
- surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
- major surface currents:
- clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the warm Gulf Stream in the west, the North Atlantic Current in the north, the cold Canary Current in the east, and the North Equatorial Current in the south;
- the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the warm Brazil Current in the west, the South Atlantic Current in the south, the cold Benguela Current in the east, and the South Equatorial Current in the north
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm-water gyre surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular system systems of currents) currents), one in the northern Atlantic, counterclockwise warm-water gyre Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
major surface currents: clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the warm Gulf Stream in the west, the North Atlantic Current in the north, the cold Canary Current in the east, and the North Equatorial Current in the south; the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the warm Brazil Current in the west, the South Atlantic Current in the south, the cold Benguela Current in the east, and the South Equatorial Current in the north
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June;
- surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin major surface currents: clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the warm Gulf Stream in the west, the North Atlantic Current in the north, the cold Canary Current in the east, and the North Equatorial Current in the south;
- the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the warm Brazil Current in the west, the South Atlantic Current in the south, the cold Benguela Current in the east, and the South Equatorial Current in the north
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
The same text in 2019 and 2020.
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin major surface currents: clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the northward flowing, warm Gulf Stream in the west, the eastward flowing North Atlantic Current in the north, the southward flowing cold Canary Current in the east, and the westward flowing North Equatorial Current in the south; the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the southward flowing warm Brazil Current in the west, the eastward flowing South Atlantic Current in the south, the northward flowing cold Benguela Current in the east, and the westward flowing South Equatorial Current in the north
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin major surface currents: clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the northward flowing, warm Gulf Stream in the west, the eastward flowing North Atlantic Current in the north, the southward flowing cold Canary Current in the east, and the westward flowing North Equatorial Current in the south; the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the southward flowing warm Brazil Current in the west, the eastward flowing South Atlantic Current in the south, the northward flowing cold Benguela Current in the east, and the westward flowing South Equatorial Current in the north
- surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June;
- surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic;
- the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
- major surface currents:
- clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the northward flowing, warm Gulf Stream in the west, the eastward flowing North Atlantic Current in the north, the southward flowing cold Canary Current in the east, and the westward flowing North Equatorial Current in the south;
- the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the southward flowing warm Brazil Current in the west, the eastward flowing South Atlantic Current in the south, the northward flowing cold Benguela Current in the east, and the westward flowing South Equatorial Current in the north
surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and coastal portions of the Baltic Sea from October to June; surface dominated by two large gyres (broad, circular systems of currents), one in the northern Atlantic and another in the southern Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin
major surface currents: clockwise North Atlantic Gyre consists of the northward flowing, warm Gulf Stream in the west, the eastward flowing North Atlantic Current in the north, the southward flowing cold Canary Current in the east, and the westward flowing North Equatorial Current in the south; the counterclockwise South Atlantic Gyre composed of the southward flowing warm Brazil Current in the west, the eastward flowing South Atlantic Current in the south, the northward flowing cold Benguela Current in the east, and the westward flowing South Equatorial Current in the north
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Atlantic Ocean: Terrain.” The World Factbook, 1990–2021 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/atlantic-ocean/terrain.