Ngokusekelwe endimeni engenhla yisho izingxenye zoLwandlekazi i-Atlantic ezakhiwe yi-Equatorial Counter Current. Bonisa imiphumela ngefomethi ehlukaniswe ngamakhoma.
Context:I-Atlantic Ocean ingeyesibili ngobukhulu phakathi kwezilwandle ezinhlanu zomhlaba, enendawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angu-106,460,000 (41,100,000 sq mi). Ihlanganisa cishe u-20% wendawo yomhlaba futhi ihlanganisa cishe u-29% wendawo yayo yamanzi. Kuyaziwa ukuthi ihlukanisa "Izwe Elidala" lase-Afrika, iYurophu, ne-Asia "nezwe Elisha" laseMelika embonweni wezwe waseYurophu.  Ngenxa yokuhlukaniswa kwalo ne-Afrika, iYurophu ne-Asia namazwe aseMelika, i-Atlantic Ocean iye yaba nendima ebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni umphakathi wesintu, ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke, nasemlandweni wezizwe eziningi. Nakuba abantu baseNorse baba ngabokuqala ukuwela i-Atlantic, kwakuwuhambo lukaChristopher Columbus lwango-1492 olwaba nethonya elikhulu kakhulu. Ukuhambela kukaColumbus kwavula inkathi yokuhlola nokwakha amakoloni emazweni aseMelika ngamandla aseYurophu, ikakhulukazi iSpain, iFrance, iPortugal, ne-United Kingdom. Kusukela ngekhulu le-16 kuya kwele-19, i-Atlantic Ocean yayiyisikhungo sokuhweba ngezigqila okubizwa ngegama elifanayo kanye nokuhwebelana kwamaColumbian ngenkathi kwesinye isikhathi kusingathwa izimpi zasolwandle. Izimpi ezinjalo zasolwandle, kanye nokuhweba okukhulayo okuvela emandleni aseMelika esifunda njenge-United States neBrazil, zombili zanda ngezinga phakathi nekhulu lama-20, futhi ngenkathi kungekho zingxabano ezinkulu zempi ezenzeka e-Atlantic kuleli khulu lama-21, ulwandle luhlala luyingxenye ebalulekile yezohwebo emhlabeni jikelele.  I-Atlantic Ocean ihlala emgodini omude, onjenge-S ogelezela phakathi kweYurophu ne-Afrika empumalanga, neNyakatho neNingizimu Melika entshonalanga. Njengengxenye eyodwa yoLwandlekazi Lomhlaba oluxhunyiwe, ixhunywe enyakatho ne-Arctic Ocean, ePacific Ocean eningizimu-ntshonalanga, e-Indian Ocean eningizimu-mpumalanga, nase-Southern Ocean eningizimu (ezinye izincazelo zichaza i-Atlantic njengokwelula eningizimu kuya e-Antarctica). I-Atlantic Ocean ihlukaniswe yaba izingxenye ezimbili, yi-Equatorial Counter Current, ne-Northern Atlantic Ocean kanye ne-Southern Atlantic Ocean ehlukaniswe cishe ngo-8°N.
I-Atlantic Ocean esenyakatho, i-Atlantic Ocean eseningizimu