General direction of major currents for the zone Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea
(without taking into account the seasonal fluctuations)
1 : Surface currents of Atlantic origin
2 : Intermediate Eastern Waters running to Black Sea and Western Basin, deep northern water flowing to the south of the Western Basin and Lusitanian Current West of Gibraltar
3 : Diluted waters (Rhône Outflow, Countercurrent of Languedoc, Current of North Adriatic Water, Nile Outflow, surface outflow of Black Sea)
4 : Eastern deepflow
5 : Downwellings
6 : Zone of divergences
7 : Areas of accumulation of Atlantic Water