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As noted earlier, viewed from above, geostrophic flow in a subtropical gyre is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Adapted from DataStreme Ocean and used with permission of the American Meteorological Society.
The Peru Current System and the South Equatorial Current are mainly caused by the near constant southeast trade winds. There is also a warm water current flowing from north to south towards the GalÃ¡pagos Islands, called the Panama Current or NiÃ±o Flow, which brings warmer, tropical waters to the islands.