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Boundary Current , boundary current The northward- or southward-directed ocean-water current which flows parallel and close to a continental margin. Such currents are c… Turbidity Current , turbidity current A variety of density current that flows as a result of a density difference created by dispersed sediment within the body of the cu… Alaska North Slope , Alaska Current An oceanic water boundary current produced by the deflection of the North Pacific Current by the North American continent. It flows in… Rip Current , Rip current
A rip current is a narrow, river-like channel of water moving away from the surf (breaking) zone and back toward sea. Rip currents can tr… Equatorial current , Equatorial Current An oceanic current which flows in an east-west direction in the equatorial regions of all the oceans. The broad (1000–5000 km) wes… Southern Ocean , Southern Ocean
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