Gulf Stream

Gulf Stream – is a network of warm currents in North Atlantic that originates at the tip of Florida, crosses the Atlantic Ocean, and reaches Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. In the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream is typically 100 km wide and 800–1200 m deep. The current velocity is mostly over 6–10 kph. In the Strait of Florida – up to 3–4 kph. In the Grand Banks area – about 4 kph. The average water temperature is between 20 °C and 28 °C. G.S. transports water at an average rate of 25 million cubic meters per second. At about 40°W becomes the North Atlantic Drift, which, being driven by west and southwest winds, washes the shores of the Scandinavian Peninsula, thus making the climate of Europe warmer (G.S. is sometimes called “a stove of Europe”).

Gulf Stream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream)