Alaska Current

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Alaska Current An oceanic water boundary current produced by the deflection of the North Pacific Current by the North American continent. It flows in a north-westward direction along the south-eastern margin of Alaska. The Alaska Current is also called the Aleutian Current in some texts.

A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY

Alaska current

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Alaska current Oceanic water boundary current produced by the deflection of the N. Pacific current by the N. American continent. It flows in a north-westward direction along the south-eastern margin of Alaska. The Alaska current is also called the Aleutian current in some texts.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

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