Irminger Current — The Irminger Current is a north Atlantic ocean current setting westward off the southwest coast of Iceland … Wikipedia
Irminger Current — /err ming geuhr/ a branch of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N past the W coast of Iceland and then W … Useful english dictionary
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 Atlantic Current — an ocean current flowing NE toward the British Isles, formed by the convergence of the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current SE of Newfoundland. Also called North Atlantic Drift. * * * ▪ current, Atlantic Ocean also called North Atlantic Drift, … Universalium
Greenland Current — the ocean current flowing clockwise around S Greenland. * * * ▪ oceanic current surface oceanic current, a combination of polar sea surface drift, return flow of the North Atlantic Current, and Irminger Current waters. The East Greenland… … Universalium
Norwegian Current — The Norwegian Current (also known as the Norwegian Coastal Current) is a water current that flows north easterly along the Atlantic coast of Norway at depths of between 50 and 100 meters. It contrasts with the North Atlantic Current because it is … 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
Oyashio Current — The Oyashio Current colliding with the Kuroshio Current near Hokkaido. When two currents collide, they create eddies. Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated along the boundaries of these eddies, tracing out the motions of … Wikipedia
Mozambique Current — The Mozambique Current is an ocean current in the Indian Ocean, usually defined as warm surface waters flowing south along the African east coast in the Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar. The classical definition … 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
