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wind-driven current

A current produced in a body of water by blowing over the water surface. It flows to the right of the wind. Sometimes called wind drift; sometimes called drift current. Considerable evidence now exists to show that the Gulf Stream is such a current. Which of the ocean currents are wind driven and which thermally driven is a subject now under intensive investigation.

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