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Definition of North Equatorial Current
1. Noun. An equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator.
Lexicographical Neighbors of North Equatorial Current
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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