North Equatorial Counter Current

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• Equatorial Counter Current — The Equatorial Counter Current is a significant ocean current in the Pacific and Indian oceans that flows west to east at approximately five degrees north. The Counter Currents result from balancing the westward flow of water in each ocean by the …   Wikipedia

• North Equatorial Current — The North Equatorial Current is a significant Pacific and Atlantic Ocean current that flows east to west between about 10° north and 20° north. It is the southern side of a clockwise subtropical gyre. Despite its name, the North Equatorial… …   Wikipedia

• North Brazil Current — North Brazil Currents is a term of the complexion of Atlantic Southern equatorial current and the Atlantic equatorial counter current, Guinea current. These stream in opposite directions, and fluctuate in their strength, thus making it very… …   Wikipedia

• Equatorial Current — can refer to: *Equatorial Counter Current *North Equatorial Current *South Equatorial Current …   Wikipedia

• North Pacific Current — The North Pacific Current. The North Pacific Current (sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift) is a slow warm water current that flows west to east between 40 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean. The current forms the southern part …   Wikipedia

• North Atlantic Current — Schematic of the world s ocean currents. The North Atlantic Current (also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement) is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. West of Ireland it splits in two;… …   Wikipedia

• North Pacific Gyre — The main ocean currents involved with the North Pacific Gyre The North Pacific Gyre, located in the northern Pacific Ocean, is one of the five major oceanic gyres. This gyre comprises most of the northern Pacific Ocean. It is the largest… …   Wikipedia

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• North Atlantic Garbage Patch — The five major ocean gyres. The North Atlantic Garbage Patch is an area of marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, originally documented in 1972.[1] The patch is estimated to be hundreds of kilometers across in size …   Wikipedia

• Mindanao Current — The Mindanao Current is an ocean current along the eastward side of the southern Philippines. It is a narrow, southward flowing current starting at 14°N with 13Sv increasing in strength to 33Sv at 5.5°N. The current splits before the coast of… …   Wikipedia

• Ocean current — This article is about ocean currents. For other uses, see Current (disambiguation). The ocean currents. Distinctive white lines trace the flow of surface currents around the world. An ocean cur …   Wikipedia