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Ocean Current

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019312

1. Broadly, currents in the ocean - tidal or nontidal, permanent or seasonal, horizontal or vertical - characterized by regularity, either as a continuous streams flowing along a definable path, or less commonly of a cyclic nature.

2. A nontidal current constituting a part of the general oceanic circulation

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019312
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesGlossary of Geology, 4th ed.as Quoted on USGS website; NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019312",
  "term": "Ocean Current",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Broadly, currents in the ocean - tidal or nontidal, permanent or seasonal, horizontal or vertical - characterized by regularity, either as a continuous streams flowing along a definable path, or less commonly of a cyclic nature.\n\n2. A nontidal current constituting a part of the general oceanic circulation",
  "references": [
    "Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.as Quoted on USGS website",
    "NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ocean-current/"
}

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