#current__stream a steady flow (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"
supertype: flowing__flow the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
subtype: tidal_flow__tidalflow__tidal_current__tidalcurrent the water current caused by the tides
subtype: tidal_bore__tidalbore__bore__eagre__aegir__eager a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
subtype: riptide__rip_current__ripcurrent a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
subtype: undertide__undercurrent a current below the surface of a fluid
subtype: sea_puss__undertow__sea-puss__sea_purse__seapurse__sea-purse__seapurse__sea-poose__seapoose the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
subtype: violent_stream__violentstream__torrent a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"
subtype: eddy__twist a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
subtype: whirlpool__vortex__maelstrom a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides)
subtype: Charybdis (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
subtype: ocean_current__oceancurrent the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction
subtype: El_Nino (oceanography) a weak warm ocean current that flows south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time
subtype: El_Nino_southern_oscillation a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur; kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns
subtype: equatorial_current any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator
subtype: North_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator
subtype: South_Equatorial_Current an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator
subtype: Gulf_stream a warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico northward through the Atlantic Ocean
subtype: Japan_current__Kuroshio_current__Kuroshio a warm ocean current that flows NE off the coast of Japan into the N Pacific
subtype: Peruvian_current__Humboldt_current a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific cost of South America before turning west
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