East Australian Current

The Current of Eastern Australia is generated from the South Equatorial Current. It advances southwards. Later it turns to the east or continues to the south
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East Australian Current

Summary

East Australian Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #8 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Australian Current is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[3].
  • East Australian Current is on the body of water Coral Sea[4].
  • East Australian Current's image is recorded as Corrents est d'Austràlia.jpg[5].
  • East Australian Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[6].
  • Australia is named after East Australian Current[7].
  • East Australian Current's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315131899[8].
  • East Australian Current's part of is recorded as South Pacific Gyre[9].
  • East Australian Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06x4mp[10].
  • East Australian Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/East-Australian-Current[11].
  • East Australian Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1930158[12].
  • East Australian Current's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Østaustralske_strøm[13].
  • East Australian Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[14].
  • East Australian Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3998339[15].
  • East Australian Current's Lex ID is recorded as Den_Østaustralske_Strøm[16].
  • East Australian Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512641[17].
  • East Australian Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 156464[18].

Body

Geography

Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean[3], an ocean[19] and Coral Sea[4], a marginal sea[20], in Australia[21]. East Australian Current's part of is recorded as South Pacific Gyre[9].

Designation and Status

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

History and Context

Australia is named after East Australian Current[7].

Why It Matters

East Australian Current draws 209 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #8 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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