Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.

    Meeresströmung

    морско́е тече́ниеmorskóje tečénije

More definitions
  • the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Has a change in ocean currents occurred?

  2. Our Sun’s energy drives our planet’s ocean currents, seasons, weather and climate.

  3. For over a year the bottle drifted about, now north, now south, as the ocean's currents drove it.

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  4. The Humboldt current is a cold ocean current that flows north along the west coast of South America.

    deDer Humboldtstrom ist eine kalte Meeresströmung, welche an der Westküste Südamerikas entlang nach Norden fließt. — raggione

  5. The Moon directs the tides and ocean currents on our planet, preventing the water of our seas and oceans from stagnating.

    ruЛуна направляет приливы и морские течения на нашей планете, предотвращая застой воды в морях и океанах. — carlosalberto

    deDer Mond lenkt die Gezeiten und Meeresströmungen auf unserem Planeten und verhindert die Stagnation des Wassers in unseren Meeren und Ozeanen. — carlosalberto

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Translations

3 languages
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Deutsch
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movement of water:

Forms

plural: ocean currents
Singularocean current
Pluralocean currents

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
currentB1oceanic current

See also

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