Antarctic bottom water

How does the Deep Ocean respond to Surface Circulation? The main gyres move heat and salt, Resulting DENSITY variations lead to vertical flow (sinking), Formation of“water masses”, characterized by Temperature + Salinity = Density,Density Variation in Sea Water...The densest seawater is cold and salty This is formed at high latitudes in the North and South Atlantic:

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