Another motion of surface water are ocean currents. Ocean currents are like rivers of water moving through other seawater. These can also be caused by prevailing winds. The worldwide prevailing winds causing great circular moving water in the ocean called gyres. Another type of current is caused by the waves washing up on the shore at an angle, but the water then running back down the shore in a straight line. So you have this process of water going up onto the shore at an angle and then straight back down the face of the shore. Resulting in the water moving along the shore in a zig-zag pattern. As this is repeated thousands of times a day, the effect is a current (movement of water) is formed that moves parallel to the shoreline. This current is called a longshore current. There is another current that runs along the coast of California called the California current. An amazing animal travels along this current during its annual migration. In the fall, this animal travels from its feeding grounds in the Arctic, down to Baja California (to such places as Scammon’s Lagoon) to breed and give birth. Then in the spring it heads back north to the Arctic. This is one of the longest migrations of any mammal. A very robust ecotourism industry has grown around watching this animal during its annual migration What is the identity of this magnificent animal?

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Another motion of surface water are ocean currents. Ocean currents are like rivers of water moving through other seawater. These can also be caused by prevailing winds. The worldwide prevailing winds causing great circular moving water in the ocean called gyres. Another type of current is caused by the waves washing up on the shore at an angle, but the water then running back down the shore in a straight line. So you have this process of water going up onto the shore at an angle and then straight back down the face of the shore. Resulting in the water moving along the shore in a zig-zag pattern. As this is repeated thousands of times a day, the effect is a current (movement of water) is formed that moves parallel to the shoreline. This current is called a longshore current. There is another current that runs along the coast of California called the California current. An amazing animal travels along this current during its annual migration. In the fall, this animal travels from its feeding grounds in the Arctic, down to Baja California (to such places as Scammon’s Lagoon) to breed and give birth. Then in the spring it heads back north to the Arctic. This is one of the longest migrations of any mammal. A very robust ecotourism industry has grown around watching this animal during its annual migration What is the identity of this magnificent animal?

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