Sea Level at the Coast (IMAGE)
Caption
Increased fresh river outflow enters the coastal environment, where it mixes with ambient salty ocean water. Under the influence of the Earth's rotation, this plume of fresher water "turns to the right" (in the northern hemisphere), flowing downstream as an alongshore current "trapped" to the coast. These fresher waters "piled up" along the shore result in an increase in sea level at the coast.
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Illustration by Natalie Renier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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