Equatorial Countercurrent

noun

an ocean current that flows E between the west-flowing equatorial currents.

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Among their findings: the periodic invasion of a warm southerly water flow off South America called El Ni�o, which recently had all but wiped out Peru's valuable anchovy harvest, is apparently linked to the great north equatorial countercurrent that sweeps from the Philippines to Central America.