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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A western boundary [[current]] and part of the [[equatorial current  system]] in the Pacific Ocean.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It flows northwestward through Vitiaz Strait and along the northern coast of New Guinea. It  receives its water from the northern branch of the [[South Equatorial Current]] and is the major  [[source]] of the [[Equatorial Undercurrent]].</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A western boundary [[ocean current|current]] and part of the [[equatorial current system|equatorial current  system]] in the Pacific Ocean.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It flows northwestward through Vitiaz Strait and along the northern coast of New Guinea. It  receives its water from the northern branch of the [[South Equatorial Current]] and is the major  [[source]] of the [[Equatorial Undercurrent]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 25 April 2012



New Guinea Coastal Undercurrent

A western boundary current and part of the equatorial current system in the Pacific Ocean.

It flows northwestward through Vitiaz Strait and along the northern coast of New Guinea. It receives its water from the northern branch of the South Equatorial Current and is the major source of the Equatorial Undercurrent.


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