ocean current

English

Noun

ocean current (plural ocean currents)

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

Synonyms

current, oceanic current

Translations

movement of water — see also current

Bulgarian: океа́нско тече́ние n (okeánsko tečénie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 海流 (zh) (hǎiliú)
Finnish: merivirta (fi)
French: courant marin (fr) m
Galician: corrente oceánica f
German: Meeresströmung (de) f
Irish: feacht m
Japanese: 海流 (ja) (kairyū)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: havstrøm (no) m, havstrømning m or f
Romanian: curent oceanic (ro) m
Russian: морско́е тече́ние n (morskóje tečénije)
Vietnamese: hải lưu (vi), dòng biển

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