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单词 north equatorial current
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North Equatorial Current
North Equatorial Current n. an ocean surface current that flows westwards across the Atlantic just north of the equator; a similar current in the Pacific.
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1832 J. Rennell Investig. Currents Atlantic Ocean ii. 115 The N.W. Branch of the equatorial Current..is traced..as far north as 18°.]
1856 J. Thomas et al. Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer 1419/1 To be there again deflected, first S. along the shores of the Atlantic, and then E., when it finally becomes merged in what is called the North equatorial current.
1915 P. Lake Physical Geogr. xiii. 163 The circulation of the water in the Pacific Ocean is very like that in the Atlantic... There is a North Equatorial Current and also a South Equatorial Current.
1939 E. D. Laborde tr. E. de Martonne Shorter Physical Geogr. (rev. ed.) vi. 102 Cape San Rocas in Brazil divides the South Equatorial Current into two branches, one of which flows north to reinforce the North Equatorial Current.
1984 A. C. Duxberry & A. Duxberry Introd. World's Oceans vii. 227 The North Atlantic westerly winds move the water eastwards as the North Atlantic Current, or North Atlantic Drift. The northeast trade winds push the water to the west, forming the North Equatorial Current.
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