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  2. Indian Ocean Gyre - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ocean gyre is composed of two major currents: the South Equatorial Current, and the West Australian Current. Normally moving counter-clockwise, in the winter the Indian Ocean gyre reverses direction due to the seasonal winds of the South Asian Monsoon. In the summer, the land is warmer than the ocean, so surface winds blow from the ...

  3. Indian Monsoon Current - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Monsoon Current refers to the seasonally varying ocean current regime found in the tropical regions of the northern Indian Ocean. During winter, the flow of the upper ocean is directed westward from near the Indonesian Archipelago to the Arabian Sea .

  4. Ocean gyre - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ocean Gyre, located in the Indian Ocean, is, like the South Atlantic Gyre, bordered by the Intertropical Convergence Zone in the north and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to the south. The South Equatorial Current forms the northern boundary of the Indian Ocean Gyre as it flows west along the equator towards the east coast of Africa.

  5. Agulhas Current - Wikipedia

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    The cold Benguela Current originates from upwelling of water from the cold depths of the Atlantic Ocean against the west coast of the continent. The two currents do not "meet" anywhere along the south coast of Africa. The Agulhas Current (/ ə ˈ ɡ ʌ l ə s /) is the western boundary current of the southwest Indian Ocean.

  6. Ocean current - Wikipedia

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    A 1943 map of the world's ocean currents. ... Tasman Outflow – Deepwater current that flows from the Pacific Ocean past Tasmania into the Indian Ocean; Currents of ...

  7. Somali Current - Wikipedia

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    The Somali Current is a cold ocean boundary current that runs along the coast of Somalia and Oman in the Western Indian Ocean and is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean. [1] This current is heavily influenced by the monsoons and is the only major upwelling system that occurs on a western boundary of an ocean. The water that is ...

  8. Equatorial Counter Current - Wikipedia

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    The Equatorial Counter Current is an eastward flowing, wind-driven current which extends to depths of 100–150 metres (330–490 ft) in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. More often called the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) , this current flows west-to-east at about 3-10°N in the Atlantic , Indian Ocean and Pacific basins ...

  9. Category:Currents of the Indian Ocean - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Currents of the Indian Ocean" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.