Portugal Current

North Atlantic currents

The Portugal Current is a weak warm water current that flows south-easterly towards the coast of Portugal. The current results from the movement of water east caused by the North Atlantic Drift.

External links

Bischof, Barbie; Arthur J. Mariano; Edward H. Ryan (2003). "The Portugal Current System" (html). Ocean Surface Currents. University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Retrieved 2008-12-08.

Ocean currents and gyres

Arctic Ocean	East Greenland Norwegian Transpolar Drift Stream

Atlantic Ocean	Agulhas Angola Antilles Azores Baffin Island Benguela Brazil Canary Cape Horn Caribbean East Greenland East Iceland Falkland Florida Guinea Gulf Stream Irminger Labrador Lomonosov Loop North Atlantic North Brazil North Equatorial Norwegian Portugal Slope Jet South Atlantic South Equatorial Spitsbergen West Greenland

Indian Ocean	Agulhas East Madagascar Equatorial Counter Current Indian Monsoon Current Indonesian Throughflow Leeuwin Madagascar Mozambique Somali South Australian South Equatorial West Australian

Pacific Ocean	Alaska Aleutian California Cromwell East Australia Equatorial Counter Current Humboldt Indonesian Throughflow Kamchatka Kuroshio Mindanao North Equatorial North Pacific Oyashio South Equatorial

Southern Ocean	Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Major gyres	Indian Ocean Gyre North Atlantic Gyre South Atlantic Gyre North Pacific Gyre South Pacific Gyre

Other gyres	Beaufort Gyre Ross Gyre Weddell Gyre

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