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Equatorial Countercurrent
Equatorial countercurrents are major surface flows that carry water eastward in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans. They are located near the equator and are sandwiched between two westward-flowing currents, the North Equatorial Current and the South Equatorial Current. ...
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