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Yup, I was going by the prevailing winds and current arrow on the linked image. But if you superimpose the actual Indian ocean currents (as linked to by goodca
by 3JPLW 11y ago
Yup, I was going by the prevailing winds and current arrow on the linked image. But if you superimpose the actual Indian ocean currents (as linked to by goodcanadian)[0], it does make quite a bit of sense.
0. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Indian_Ocean_Gyre.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Indian_O...
- Klinky 11y agoI combined the images and marked Reunion on the map if anyone is interested. Not a cartographer, so might be slightly off. http://i.imgur.com/o9qhMyo.png http://i.imgur.com/o9qhMyo.png
- b_emery 11y agoHere's a really cool site that simulates the drift of plastics in the ocean: http://adrift.org.au http://adrift.org.au When I pick points in the eastern indian ocean, they all end up hitting africa!