Which mechanism significantly alters ocean current direction due to Earth's rotation at mid-latitudes?

💡 Explanation

When encountering continental landmasses at mid-latitudes, eastward and westward oceanic currents are substantially deflected because the Coriolis effect causes a force perpendicular to water flow direction, stronger towards the poles. Therefore the Coriolis effect deflects currents, rather than sinking circulation, Ekman which involves winds or Langmuir involving local cells.

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