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Map of global ocean circulation sinks, marked by blue circles. Key sinks are located in the North Atlantic (near Greenland and Labrador Sea) and in the Southern Ocean (Weddell Sea near Antarctica).

Circulation sinks are source areas for deep water in high-latitude regions where surface water cools, increases in density, and sinks.

Circulation Sinks

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Ocean Circulation Sinks

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

Maine

North Dakota

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Virginia

Delaware

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

Wisconsin

British Columbia

New Jersey

South Carolina

Michigan

Alberta

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Québec

Manitoba

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Ontario

California

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

A map illustrates global elevations, categorized by different height ranges in meters: below sea level to 0, 1 to 199, 200 to 499, 500 to 1,999, 2,000 to 3,999, and above 4,000.

Elevation of Earth's surface, including the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.

World Elevations

The map shows global elevations with color-coded categories for different height ranges:Below Sea Level to 0 meters (very dark blue): Small areas highlighted in the north-eastern U S A, around the Caspian Sea, and parts of Egypt, the north-eastern region of Ethiopia, and northern region of Germany.1 to 199 meters (dark blue): South Coastal Plain and lower Mississippi Valley in Eastern North America, large low-lying areas in South America (Amazon Basin, parts of southern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina), most of northern Europe, valleys of major Asian rivers (Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges), parts of eastern China and Southeast Asia, coastal areas of Africa, and parts of northern and south-central Australia.200 to 499 meters (brown): Eastern North America, parts of South America, much of southern Europe, parts of West and North Africa, parts of Russia, most of Australia.500 to 1,999 meters (orange): Most of western North America except higher mountains, much of Asia, central and southern Africa, most of Norway, and other scattered regions.2,000 to 3,999 meters (dark pink): Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada in North America, central mountainous spine of Central America, higher areas in South America (excluding Andes), and Greenland and Antarctic ice caps.Above 4,000 meters (green): Central Andes Mountains in South America, Himalayas, and Tibetan Plateau in Asia.

Display by:	Ocean Circulation Sinks	World Elevations
	Ocean Circulation Sinks	2000–3,999 m	500–1,999 m	200–499 m	1–199 m	Below sea level to 0 m
Alaska		0.312%	0.159%	3.83%	0.187%
Arizona		4.23%	75.1%	13.5%	0.123%
Utah		28.9%	4.66%
Yukon		2.03%	1.62%	0.171%	2.08%
Northwest Territories			0.701%	1.01%	0.274%
District of Columbia					100%
Florida					97.2%	0.723%
Idaho		20.0%	1.27%
New Hampshire			24.8%	51.0%	24.2%
Rhode Island					91.9%
Vermont			5.41%	75.7%	16.8%
Washington			3.74%	0.127%	0.321%
Wyoming		48.7%	0.191%
Nunavut			0.590%	0.103%	0.752%
Montana		7.68%	92.3%
Maine			3.08%	49.6%	46.1%
North Dakota			1.28%	41.6%
Kentucky			2.03%	67.9%	1.14%
Nova Scotia				5.47%	9.63%
Virginia			25.3%	22.3%	50.6%
Delaware					97.1%
Prince Edward Island					54.6%
Saskatchewan			0.419%	47.4%
Mississippi					99.9%
West Virginia			41.2%	57.1%	1.62%
Nebraska			80.9%	19.1%
Texas			45.6%	17.8%	36.4%
Missouri				86.5%	13.5%
Louisiana					93.8%	0.383%
Hawaii			0.312%	0.691%	0.644%
North Carolina			15.5%	22.7%	59.6%
Oregon			81.4%	2.26%	0.478%
New Brunswick				37.0%	58.8%
Alabama				24.8%	75.1%
New Mexico		28.8%	69.9%
Kansas			51.4%	48.6%
Wisconsin			2.16%	95.2%	1.75%
British Columbia		0.679%	0.195%	3.52%	0.563%
Newfoundland and Labrador	10.5%		1.34%	39.7%	2.34%
New Jersey				16.4%	80.4%
South Carolina			1.04%	11.8%	86.6%	0.391%
Michigan			0.349%	83.9%	12.8%	0.190%
Alberta		0.430%	0.453%	22.3%
Connecticut				20.0%	79.4%
Pennsylvania			20.4%	65.0%	0.204%
Colorado		49.6%	1.04%
Nevada		0.567%	92.4%
Massachusetts			3.87%	32.8%	55.0%
Georgia			3.30%	26.4%	69.4%	0.831%
New York			4.04%	49.6%	0.993%
Maryland			7.33%	7.75%	80.9%	2.82%
Québec			0.242%	54.2%	0.385%
Manitoba			0.246%	72.5%	23.3%
Oklahoma			21.8%	70.1%	8.07%
Tennessee			5.10%	57.9%	31.6%
Ontario				64.3%	31.1%
California		6.79%	1.42%	0.420%	0.348%	1.23%
Arkansas			1.84%	28.8%	69.4%
South Dakota			8.14%	25.3%
Ohio				96.2%	3.80%
Indiana				71.4%	0.711%
Minnesota			1.27%	95.8%
Iowa				99.7%	0.283%
Illinois				42.1%	1.04%