Geology 



Islands and the Bahamas, and then curving towards 

 the north between the Bermudas and the coast of 

 Florida. 



The other portion of the Northern Equatorial 

 Current passes between the Windward Islands and 

 Trinidad into the Caribbean Sea, and thence through 

 the Strait of Yucatan into the Gulf of Mexico, whence 

 it eventually emerges by the Strait of Florida as the 

 Gulf Stream, which amalgamates with the portion which 

 flowed outside the Antilles, already described. 



The combined stream then flows up the coast of 

 Florida to the neighbourhood of Savannah, when it 

 leaves the coast and flows to the north-east across the 

 Atlantic towards the British Isles. A small branch 

 breaks away from the main stream about N. latitude 50 

 and flows along the west coast of Greenland by Davis 

 Strait into Baffin Bay. The main stream again divides 

 in mid- Atlantic, one part flowing between Iceland and 

 Scotland, and the other turning southward along the 

 Spanish and African coasts, to again join the Northern 

 Equatorial Current. In the interior of the closed curve 

 thus produced is an area devoid of currents, known as 

 the Sargasso Sea a region which, occurring as it does 

 in the Calms of Cancer, was much dreaded in the days 

 of sailing vessels as they were frequently becalmed there, 

 and many are the thrilling " yarns " which have been 

 spun about the horrible monsters which were believed 

 to inhabit these waters. 



Now, to return for a moment to the Southern branch 

 of the great Equatorial Current. This flows southward 

 along the coast of Brazil, and is known as the Brazil 

 Current. About the latitude of Buenos Aires the current 



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