Equatorial Countercurrent

noun

1. an ocean current that flows E between the west-flowing equatorial currents.

Example Sentences

Among their findings: the periodic invasion of a warm southerly water flow off South America called El Ni�o, which recently had all but wiped out Peru's valuable anchovy harvest, is apparently linked to the great north equatorial countercurrent that sweeps from the Philippines to Central America.

From Time Magazine Archive