North Equatorial Current

The North Equatorial Current is a warm ocean current in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

In the Pacific, the North Equatorial Current from the deflection of the California current is produced and flows between 10 ° and 20 ° north latitude in a westerly direction until it is deflected off the east coast of the Philippines in northern direction ( Kuroshio current).

In the Atlantic, the North Equatorial Current from the Canaries stream which then flows between 10 ° and 30 ° north latitude in north-western direction and is one of the source currents of the Gulf Stream.

In the Indian Ocean, the direction of flow of the North Equatorial Current is dependent on the season. In the winter months during the northeast monsoon, he is a weak ocean current in a westerly direction along the equator. In the summer months during the southwest monsoon, however, the strong Somali Current is formed which then east past first flows in a northeasterly direction along the African coast, as Monsoon electricity to India.