#ocean_current__oceancurrent the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
supertype: #current__stream a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
subtype: #El_Nino (oceanography) a weak warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
subtype: #El_Nino_southern_oscillation a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
subtype: #equatorial_current any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
subtype: #North_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
subtype: #South_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
subtype: #Gulf_stream a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: #Japan_current__Kuroshio_current__Kuroshio a warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific
subtype: #Peruvian_current__Humboldt_current a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific cost of South America before turning west
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