Peru Current

American  

noun

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

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Peru Current British  

noun

1. another name for the Humboldt Current

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Peru Current Scientific  

/ pə-ro̅o̅′ /

1. See Humboldt Current

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Example Sentences

Classic example of just how much difference a change in current can make occurs on the coast of Peru, which owes its cool, foggy but almost rainless climate to the cold Peru Current sweeping up from Antarctica.

From Time Magazine Archive

Currents carry these nutrients to other seas, e.g., the Labrador Current off the Newfoundland banks, the Peru Current off the coast of South America, and produce rich fishing grounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive