Water exchange between the Eurafrican
Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean proper across the sill in the
Strait of Gibraltar as seen in the
salinity distribution. The Mediterranean Sea is on the right, the Atlantic
Ocean on the left. Numbers give salinity.On entering the Atlantic Ocean across the sill, the salty (dense) mediterranean water sinks to a depth of about 1000 m, where its density matches the density of the surrounding waters.
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