Angola Current

Short description: Temporary ocean surface current

Angola current is a temporary ocean surface current. It is an extension of the Guinea Current, flowing near western Africa's coast. It is known to have created similar effects in the upwelling as El Niño,[1] though its effect is weaker.

## See also

* Ocean current
* Oceanic gyres

## References

1. ↑ "The Angola Current". http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/angola.html.

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Ocean currents and gyres

Currents|

| Arctic Ocean|

* East Greenland
* North Icelandic
* Norwegian
* Transpolar Drift Stream

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Atlantic Ocean|

* Angola
* Antilles
* Azores
* Baffin Island
* Benguela
* Brazil
* Canary
* Cape Horn
* Caribbean
* East Greenland
* East Iceland
* Falkland
* Florida
* Guinea
* Gulf Stream
* Irminger
* Labrador
* Lomonosov
* Loop
* North Atlantic
* North Brazil
* North Equatorial
* Norwegian
* Portugal
* Slope Jet
* South Atlantic
* South Equatorial
* West Greenland
* West Spitsbergen

Indian Ocean|

* Agulhas
* Agulhas Return
* East Madagascar
* Equatorial Counter
* Indian Monsoon
* Indonesian Throughflow
* Leeuwin
* Madagascar
* Mozambique
* North Madagascar
* Somali
* South Australian
* South Equatorial
* West Australian

Pacific Ocean|

* Alaska
* Aleutian
* California
* Cromwell
* Davidson
* East Australian
* East Korea Warm
* Equatorial Counter
* Humboldt
* Indonesian Throughflow
* Kamchatka
* Kuroshio
* Mindanao
* North Equatorial
* North Korea Cold
* North Pacific
* Oyashio
* South Equatorial
* Tasman Front

Southern Ocean|

* Antarctic Circumpolar
* Tasman Outflow

Gyres|

| Major gyres|

* Indian Ocean Gyre
* North Atlantic Gyre
* South Atlantic Gyre
* North Pacific Gyre
* South Pacific Gyre

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Other gyres|

* Beaufort Gyre
* Ross Gyre
* Weddell Gyre

Related|

* Atmospheric circulation
* Boundary current
* Coriolis force
* Ekman transport
* Marine debris
* Marine garbage patches
* Great Pacific
* Indian Ocean
* North Atlantic
* South Pacific
* Thermohaline circulation

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