California Current

Pacific Ocean current that flows southward along the western coast of North America from southern British Columbia to the southern Baja California Peninsula
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California Current

Summary

California Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #7 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • California Current is in the country of United States[3].
  • California Current is on the body of water North Pacific Ocean[4].
  • California Current's image is recorded as North Pacific Gyre.png[5].
  • California Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[6].
  • California is named after California Current[7].
  • California Current's part of is recorded as North Pacific Gyre[8].
  • California Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05h97y[9].
  • California Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0013582[10].
  • California Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/California-Current[11].
  • California Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2036097[12].
  • California Current's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Californiastrømmen[13].
  • California Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[14].
  • California Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3919239[15].
  • California Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512636[16].
  • California Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 155986[17].
  • California Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as corrent-de-california[18].

Body

Geography

California Current is in the country of United States[3]. It is on the body of water North Pacific Ocean[4]. Its part of is recorded as North Pacific Gyre[8].

Designation and Status

California Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[6].

History and Context

California is named after California Current[7].

Why It Matters

California Current draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #7 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). California Current. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-current
MLA “California Current.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-current.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_california-current_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{California Current}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/california-current}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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