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How would the ocean currents of earth be altered if there was no Central America?

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What if there was an alternate earth where there was no landmass between North America and South America. For clarification, in place of Central America there would be a sunken land bridge at the dept of the english channel.

  • How could this affect the way the ocean currents would move?
  • Would there still be the same oceanic gyres?
  • Would we still have the gulf stream?
  • Would this impact on the El Niño climate cycle?

I'm also curious about how this could affect climate as a result, but this is secondary.

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