Difference between revisions of "Pacific trash vortex"
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Revision as of 12:10, 28 July 2009
Definition of Pacific trash vortex:
Refers to a patch of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean, mainly composed by plastic debris, which has been accumulated in the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone. This trash vortex is estimated to reach concentrations of plastics in the order of 3.3 million pieces (5.1 kg) per square meter.
This is the common definition for Pacific trash vortex, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone
