Northeast Drift Current

Northeast Drift Current

[′nȯrth‚ēst ¦drift ′kə·rənt]

(oceanography)

A North Atlantic Ocean current flowing northeastward toward the Norwegian Sea, gradually widening and, south of Iceland, branching and continuing as the Irminger Current and the Norwegian Current; it is the northern branch of the North Atlantic Current.

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