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  1. An ocean current is a fast-flowing current of 
  2. seawater generated by the wind or by 
  3. variations in water density between two 
  4. areas. Ocean currents are partly responsible 
  5. for transferring heat from the equator to the 
  6. poles and thereby evening out the global heat 
  7. imbalance.
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  9. Subject by: Shaun Jay
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