if I place both waters into a bucket from where the two oceans meet but don’t mix, why do they mix just fine in the bucket?

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if I place both waters into a bucket from where the two oceans meet but don’t mix, why do they mix just fine in the bucket?

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Temperature plus salinity determine density and dissimilar densities will remain distinct in convective mixing until equilibrium is reached.

This is why there are rivers in the ocean, like the gulf stream. You can actually see the height difference sometimes…

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