California Current

American  

noun

1. a cold current originating in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, flowing SE along the coast of W North America.

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Example Sentences

The California Current is only one example of a much broader pattern.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

This gray layer of stratus clouds is generated by coastal waters chilled by the California Current flowing south from Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2022

It all starts with the Northern California Current, the upwelling that brings cool, nutrient-rich bottom water refreshing the warm, nutrient-depleted waters at the surface.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2021

Murre die-offs have occurred before but never in such numbers and never across three ecosystems, Piatt said, alluding to the California Current System, the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea.

From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2020

Collecting and processing data on fish eggs and larvae in the California Current region.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David