ocean current

C602 concept

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater driven by factors such as wind, Earth's rotation, temperature, and salinity differences, which redistributes heat, nutrients, and organisms across the world's oceans.

Aliases (29)
  • surface current ×12
  • warm current ×9
  • western boundary current ×8
  • cold current ×7
  • physical oceanographic feature ×7
  • boundary current ×4
  • eastern boundary current ×4
  • ocean gyre ×4
  • oceanic gyre ×3
  • oceanographic region ×3
  • subtropical gyre ×3
  • coastal current ×2
  • ocean circulation system ×2
  • water mass ×2
  • Arctic current ×1
  • Atlantic water inflow ×1
  • Pacific Ocean current ×1
  • circumpolar current ×1
  • climate system component ×1
  • cold ocean current ×1
  • component of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ×1
  • component of global ocean circulation ×1
  • component of the global ocean circulation ×1
  • deep western boundary current ×1
  • geophysical fluid feature ×1
  • ocean current system ×1
  • seasonally reversing current ×1
  • thermohaline circulation component ×1
  • western boundary current extension ×1


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