Eastern boundary current

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A Eastern boundary current is a wide, shallow, slow flowing ocean current. They are found on the Eastern side of ocean basins. It transports cool temperature, high latitude water, to lower latitudes. Examples are the Benguela Current and the Canary Current.

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Thurman, Harold V., Trujillo, Alan P. Introductory Oceanography Tenth Edition. ISBN 0-13-143888-3