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  • Northward or southward directed ocean current flowing parallel and close to a continental margin, caused by deflection of eastward and westward transoceanic currents at the continental margin as well as the wind stress curl in that region.

    Created: 8/12/24

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3754c9ec

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