North Equatorial Current

Pacific and Atlantic Ocean current that flows east-to-west between about 10° north and 20° north on the southern side of a clockwise subtropical gyre
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North Equatorial Current

Summary

North Equatorial Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #18 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Equatorial Current is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[3].
  • North Equatorial Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[4].
  • North Equatorial Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].
  • North Equatorial Current's subclass of is recorded as ocean current[6].
  • North Equatorial Current's subclass of is recorded as Equatorial Stream[7].
  • North Equatorial Current's Commons category is recorded as North Equatorial Current[8].
  • North Equatorial Current's has part is recorded as Atlantic North Equatorial Current[9].
  • North Equatorial Current's has part is recorded as Pacific North Equatorial Current[10].
  • North Equatorial Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06xs4k[11].
  • North Equatorial Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/North-Equatorial-Current[12].
  • North Equatorial Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[13].
  • North Equatorial Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512626[14].

Body

Geography

Adjacent water bodies include Pacific Ocean[3], an ocean[15] and Atlantic Ocean[4], an ocean[16].

Designation and Status

North Equatorial Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].

Why It Matters

North Equatorial Current draws 55 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #18 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . 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. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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