Sea Current

Ocean current

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. Depth contours, shoreline configurations, and interactions with other currents influence a current's direction and strength. Ocean currents move both horizontally, on scales that can span entire oceans, as well as vertically, with vertical currents playing an important role in the movement of nutrients and gases, such as carbon dioxide, between the surface and the deep ocean.

Sea

A sea is a very large body of salty water. The term has two distinct meanings. The first is the interconnected body of seawater that spans most of Earth, known as the sea or the ocean. The second is a named body of water: usually either a marginal sea, or a large, nearly landlocked body of water.

sea

Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Semai.

Noun

1. A large body of salt water.
2. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

current

Noun

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially ellipsis of ocean current.

Adjective

1. Existing or occurring at the moment.
2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.