Definition of North Equatorial Current

1. Noun. An equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator.

Generic synonyms: Equatorial Current

Lexicographical Neighbors of North Equatorial Current

North Cackalack
North Cackalacky
North Carolina
North Carolinian
North Carolinians
North Cascades National Park
North Caucasus
North Channel
North Conway
North Dakota
North Dakotan
North Dakotans
North Dravidian
North East England
North East Land
North Equatorial Current (current term)
North Finnish
North Frigid Zone
North Frisian
North Frisian Islands
North Germanic
North Germanic language
North Holland
North Holland Blue
North India
North Indian
North Indians
North Island
North Island brown kiwi
North Island brown kiwis

Literary usage of North Equatorial Current

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"The north equatorial current, from 9° to 20° N"., is strongest in March ... At the west end of the north equatorial current, part turns north to flow past ..."

2. The Elements of Physical Geography: For the Use of Schools, Academies, and by Edwin James Houston (1901)
"The northern branch flows along the northern coast of South America, where it adds its waters to those of the North Equatorial Current of the Atlantic, ..."

3. Physical Geography by Arnold Guyot (1885)
"The North Equatorial Current, flowing through an unobstructed basin, ... The principal part of the North Equatorial Current turns northward, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... whence it is diverted towards the east, and becomes merged again in the general north-easterly antarctic drift The north equatorial current, ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The vast oval-shaped area enclosed by the North Equatorial Current, the Gulf Stream and the Gulf Stream drift is one of calms and weak drifts, and is called ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The Gulf Stream is a continuation of the main equatorial current, and partly of the north equatorial current, both western drift currents produced by the ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the northern portion of this great ocean river, which owes its origin mainly to the northeast trade wind, is called the North Equatorial Current, ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The North Equatorial Current is due to the action of the north-cast trades. ... Part of this.rejoins the North Equatorial Current, and part probably forms ..."

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