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== Identified patches ==

[[File:Currents.svg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Of the five gyres on this map, all have significant garbage patches.]]In 2014, there were five areas across all the oceans where the majority of plastic concentrated.<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal|last1=Cózar|first1=Andrés|last2=Echevarría|first2=Fidel|last3=González-Gordillo|first3=J. Ignacio|last4=Irigoien|first4=Xabier|last5=Úbeda|first5=Bárbara|last6=Hernández-León|first6=Santiago|last7=Palma|first7=Álvaro T.|last8=Navarro|first8=Sandra|last9=García-de-Lomas|first9=Juan|last10=Ruiz|first10=Andrea|last11=Fernández-de-Puelles|first11=María L.|date=2014-07-15|title=Plastic debris in the open ocean|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=111|issue=28|pages=10239–10244|bibcode=2014PNAS..11110239C|doi=10.1073/pnas.1314705111|issn=0027-8424|pmc=4104848|pmid=24982135|doi-access=free}}</ref> Researchers collected a total of 3070 samples across the world to identify hot spots of surface level plastic pollution. The pattern of distribution closely mirrored models of oceanic currents with the North Pacific Gyre, or [[Great Pacific garbage patch|Great Pacific Garbage Patch]], being the highest density of plastic accumulation. The other four garbage patches include the [[North Atlantic garbage patch]] between the North America and Africa, the [[South Atlantic garbage patch]] located between eastern South America and the tip of Africa, the [[South Pacific garbage patch]] located west of South America, and the [[Indian Ocean garbage patch]] found east of South Africa.<ref name=":10" />

=== Great Pacific ===