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| Antenna with the Straits of Gibraltar in the background: This shot of the SGANT (Space to Ground Antenna) Dish on the international space station also shows the Straits of Gibraltar in the background. This narrow channel connects the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It is 36 miles (58 km) long and narrows to 8 miles (13 km) in width between Point Marroquí, Spain, and Point Cires, Morocco. Oceanographers are interested in the flow through this strait because the Mediterranean outflow plays an important role in the circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean, and determine the mass, heat, and salt balances of the Mediterranean. The flow is complex because waters are confined in the strait and internal waves formed can have displacements of up to 50 m. |
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