Guinea Current

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The Guinea Current is a warm Atlantic Ocean surface current that flows eastward along the Gulf of Guinea off the West African coast.

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Label Occurrences
Guinea Current canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic Ocean current
ocean current
surface current
adjacentTo Canary Current
equatorial Atlantic Ocean
surface form: Equatorial Atlantic

Equatorial Countercurrent
surface form: North Equatorial Countercurrent
affects coastal upwelling near the Gulf of Guinea
sea surface temperature patterns in the Gulf of Guinea
sediment transport along the Gulf of Guinea coast
associatedWith Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem
borderingCountry Benin
Cameroon
Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
São Tomé and Príncipe
Togo
borderingRegion West Africa
circulationType wind-driven circulation
drivenBy trade winds
flowDirection eastward
flowsAlong West African coast
hasProperty low-salinity surface waters relative to open Atlantic
hasSeasonalVariability yes
influences West African climate
fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea
marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Guinea
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Guinea
monitoredBy Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem
surface form: Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem project
oceanBasin Atlantic Ocean
oceanographicRegion eastern central Atlantic Ocean
surface form: eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean
partOf Atlantic Ocean circulation
tropical Atlantic circulation system
playsRoleIn heat transport in the eastern tropical Atlantic
nutrient distribution in the Gulf of Guinea
relatedTo Benguela Current
Equatorial Countercurrent
waterTemperatureType warm

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bight of Benin oceanCurrent Guinea Current