South Equatorial Current

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noun an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator

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The North Equatorial Current moves warm water to the North Atlantic, while the South Equatorial Current spreads both north and south, bringing warm water to the east coasts of both North and South America.

Atlantic Ocean 2008
The North Equatorial Current moves warm water to the North Atlantic, while the South Equatorial Current spreads both north and south, bringing warm water to the east coasts of both North and South America.

Atlantic Ocean 2008
It is a typical oligotrophic system dominated by the South Equatorial Current, which has an offshoot along Brazil’s North Coast (the North Brazil Current) and to the South (the Brazil Current).

East Brazil Shelf large marine ecosystem 2008
It is characterized by the South Equatorial Current, a part of the Pacific Ocean counterclockwise gyre, and by the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), a system of coral reefs that stretches 2,000 kilometers (km) along Australia’s northeast coast.

Northeast Australian Shelf Great Barrier Reef large marine ecosystem 2008