North Atlantic:
-Gulf Stream: carries warm water from the Caribbean north along the east coast of the US
-Labrador: carries cold water from the Arctic south along the west coast of Greenland, meets up with
the Gulf Stream off of Canada.
-North Atlantic Drift: transitional current that runs East from Greenland to Britain
-Spitzbergen: transitional current that carries moderately warm water from the Gulf Stream north along
the west coast of Britain and up off of Norway
-Canary: carries cold water from Northern Europe down along the west coast of Europe and the Canary
islands
-North Equatorial: transitional current that carries water westward just north of the equator
South Atlantic:
-South Equatorial: transitional current that carries water westward just south of the equator
-Brazil: carries warm equatorial water south along the east coast of South America
-Faulkland: carries cold antarctic waters north along the east coast of Argentina, meets up with the
Brazil current
-West Wind Drift: circumpolar transitional current that runs all the way around the earth, carrying
cool water eastward, as it is not restricted by land
-Benguela: carries cold water north along the west coast of Africa
North Pacific:
-California: carries cold Alaskan waters south along the west coast of the US
-Davidson: fed by the Equatorial Circumpolar, carries warm Central American waters north along the west
coast of Mexico until it meets the California current near LA
-North Equatorial: transitional current that runs westward just north of the equator
-Equatorial Circumpolar: transitional current that runs eastward along the equator
-Kuroshio: carries warm equatorial waters north along the east coast of Japan
-North Pacific Drift: transitional current carries waters eastward from Kamchatka south of the Aleutians
toward Canada
-Bering: breaks off from the North Pacific Drift and carries transitional waters north of the Aleutians
into the Bering Sea
South Pacific:
-West Wind Drift: circumpolar transitional current that runs all the way around the earth, carrying
cool water eastward, as it is not restricted by land
-Humboldt: carries cool arctic water northward along the west coast of South America
-Peru: fed by the Equatorial Circumpolar, this carries warm waters south along the west coast of Peru
until it meets the Humboldt
-South Equatorial: transitional current that carries water westward just south of the equator
-East Australian: carries warm equatorial waters south along the east coast of Australia
Indian Ocean:
-South Equatorial: transitional current that carries water westward just south of the equator
-Agulhas: carries warm waters from the Persian Gulf south along the west coast of Africa
-West Wind Drift: circumpolar transitional current that runs all the way around the earth, carrying
cool water eastward, as it is not restricted by land
-West Australia Current: carries cool antarctic water north along the west coast of Australia
