- Greenland Current
Greenland Current may refer to:
*West Greenland Current
*East Greenland Current
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Greenland Current — the ocean current flowing clockwise around S Greenland. * * * ▪ oceanic current surface oceanic current, a combination of polar sea surface drift, return flow of the North Atlantic Current, and Irminger Current waters. The East Greenland… … Universalium
Greenland Current — the ocean current flowing clockwise around S Greenland … Useful english dictionary
West Greenland Current — The West Greenland Current is a weak cold water current that flows to the north along the west coast of Greenland. The current results from the movement of water flowing around the southernmost point of Greenland caused by the East Greenland… … Wikipedia
East Greenland Current — The East Greenland Current originates in the Arctic Ocean and brings cold, low salinity, southbound water along the East Coast of Greenland. It is one of the five main currents that make up the subpolar gyre, which provides a major outflow of… … Wikipedia
East Greenland current — a cold ocean current of low salinity flowing south along the east coast of Greenland. * * * cold flow of water originating in the Arctic Ocean and flowing southward and southwestward along the east coast of Greenland. See Greenland Current … Universalium
West Greenland Current — an ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland. * * * cool flow of water proceeding northward along the west coast of Greenland. See Greenland Current. * * * … Universalium
Greenland Sea — Greenland Sea … Wikipedia
East Greenland current — a cold ocean current of low salinity flowing south along the east coast of Greenland … Useful english dictionary
West Greenland Current — an ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland … Useful english dictionary
Greenland Sea — a part of the Arctic Ocean, NE of Greenland and N of Iceland. * * * ▪ sea, Arctic Ocean Danish and Norwegian GrØnlandshavet outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 465,000 square miles (1,205,000 square km). It lies south of … Universalium
