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The Florida Current results from the movement of water pushed from the Atlantic into the Caribbean Sea by the rotation of the Earth (which exerts a greater force at the Equator ). The water piles up along Central America and flows northward through the Yucatán Channel into the Gulf Of Mexico . The water is heated in the Gulf and forced out through the Florida Straits , between the Florida Keys and Cuba and flows northward along the east coast of the United States . The Florida Current is often referred to imprecisely as the Gulf Stream . In fact, the Florida Current joins the Gulf Stream off the east coast of Florida . |
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