All Are True of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Except

All are true of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current except:

A) the Antarctic Circumpolar Current contributes to the development of Antarctic bottom water in the Weddell Sea.
B) the Antarctic Circumpolar Current contributes to upwelling off the Antarctic coast producing an area of high primary productivity in Antarctic summer.
C) the Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in a counterclockwise direction around the southern hemisphere at 60°S latitude.
D) the Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows in the opposite direction to the East Wind Drift, a current the flows close to the Antarctic continent.
E) the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is created by the prevailing winds at that latitude.

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