Peru Current

American

noun

a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru.

Peru Current British

noun

another name for the Humboldt Current

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Peru Current Scientific

/ pə-ro̅o̅′ /

See Humboldt Current

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Peru Current

Then, 350 miles off the coast of South America, the sea turned ice-cold because of the rapid Peru Current which sweeps northward out of the Antarctic.

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