Question

why do ocean currents move in different directions in different hemisphere?

Answer 1

@Irrati0nal help please

Answer 2

Global winds drag on the water’s surface. Just as Coriolis deflects winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere, it also results in the deflection of major surface ocean currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere (in a clockwise spiral) and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere (in a counter-clockwise spiral). These major spirals of ocean-circling currents are called gyres and occur north and south of the equator.

Answer 3

@Irrati0nal

Answer 4

WHAT do you think? ^_^

Answer 5

Emmily is correct. It's the global winds that move the currents in different directions.
Think about it in this way:
Get a glass of water and balance it on a flat tabletop.
Blow gently on the water.
That water is going to move the way you blow it toward, and create ripples, like waves.
The wind is the same way.

Answer 6

@Irrati0nal thanks

Answer 7

No problem. :)