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that transports significant amounts of water and flows northwestward through the Caribbean from the east along the coast of South America and into the Gulf of Mexico. The current results from the flow of the Atlantic
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as it flows north along the coast of Brazil. As the current turns north through the
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Caribbean current, a warm ocean current in Caribbean Sea
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