California Current

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The California Current is a major cold, southward-flowing ocean current along the western coast of North America that strongly influences the region’s climate and marine ecosystems.

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Generate an image of the California Current (The California Current is a major cold, southward-flowing ocean current along the western coast of North America that strongly influences the region’s climate and marine ecosystems.)

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cold current ⓘ
eastern boundary current ⓘ
ocean current ⓘ
affectedBy El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ
Pacific Decadal Oscillation ⓘ
climate change ⓘ
affects coastal fog formation in California ⓘ
regional precipitation patterns ⓘ
sea surface temperature along the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
associatedWith Ekman transport ⓘ
high primary productivity ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
borderedBy North Pacific Current ⓘ
causes coastal upwelling ⓘ
connectedTo Alaska Current ⓘ
Equatorial Countercurrent ⓘ
North Pacific Current ⓘ
flowsAlong coast of Baja California ⓘ
coast of California ⓘ
coast of Oregon ⓘ
coast of Washington (state) ⓘ
flowsDirection southward ⓘ
hasProperty high nutrient concentrations in surface waters ⓘ
seasonally variable upwelling intensity ⓘ
supports large marine food webs ⓘ
influences climate of western North America ⓘ
coastal marine biodiversity of California ⓘ
coastal upwelling ecosystems of the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
distribution of marine mammals along the U.S. West Coast ⓘ
distribution of seabirds in the northeast Pacific ⓘ
marine ecosystems of the California Current System ⓘ
locatedAlong western coast of North America ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
monitoredBy oceanographic buoys ⓘ
satellite remote sensing ⓘ
ship-based surveys ⓘ
partOf California Current System ⓘ
linked to: California Current

North Pacific subtropical gyre ⓘ
linked to: North Pacific Gyre
recognizedAs one of the major eastern boundary currents of the world ocean ⓘ
studiedBy climate scientists ⓘ
oceanographers ⓘ
supports Pacific anchovy fishery ⓘ
Pacific sardine fishery ⓘ
groundfish fisheries ⓘ
salmon fisheries ⓘ
waterTemperatureType cold ⓘ

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Referenced by (48)

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Pacific Ocean → containsCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Klamath River estuary → partOf → California Current marine ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
California Current → partOf → California Current System ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Cape Mendocino → oceanCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Channel Islands of California → oceanCurrent → California Current ⓘ
North Pacific Gyre → hasPart → California Current ⓘ
North Pacific Current → feeds → California Current ⓘ
San Diego Bay → ecoregion → California Current Large Marine Ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Alaska Current → relatedTo → California Current ⓘ
Northern Pacific → hasPart → California Current ⓘ
eastern North Pacific Ocean → hasOceanCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Santa Barbara Channel → partOf → California Current system ⓘ
linked to: California Current
eastern Pacific Ocean → hasMajorCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Northern Pacific Ocean → hasCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Guadalupe fur seal → foundIn → California Current ecosystem ⓘ
subject linked to: Guadalupe fur seals
linked to: California Current
Columbia River estuary → partOf → California Current Large Marine Ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada → primaryAreaOfOperation → California Current ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker → primaryAreaOfOperation → California Current ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Farallon Islands → oceanographicRegion → California Current system ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Pacific herring → foundIn → California Current ⓘ
North Pacific marine ecosystems → includesRegion → California Current System ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Euphausia pacifica → distribution → California Current system ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Drakes Estero → partOf → California Current marine ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Monterey Submarine Canyon → partOf → California Current ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Monterey Submarine Canyon → biogeographicRegion → California Current Large Marine Ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Cape Arago → oceanographicContext → California Current system ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Southern California Bight → partOf → California Current System ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Southern California Bight → influencedBy → California Current ⓘ
Mendocino Bay → oceanCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Pacific Ocean → majorCurrent → California Current ⓘ
outer Pacific Ocean → influencedBy → California Current System ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Point Reyes Headlands → influencedBy → California Current ⓘ
Gulf of the Farallones → partOf → California Current ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Monterey Bay → hasClimateInfluence → California Current ⓘ
South Bay wetlands → ecoregion → California Current large marine ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
El Matador State Beach → oceanCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Pacific Ocean via Humboldt Bay entrance → ecoregion → California Current Large Marine Ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Drakes Bay → oceanCurrentInfluence → California Current ⓘ
Brandt's cormorant → distributionRegion → California Current system ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Pacific Ocean → hasMajorCurrent → California Current ⓘ
Pacific white-sided dolphin → distribution → California Current ⓘ
Sebastes goodei → commercialImportanceRegion → California Current region ⓘ
linked to: California Current
San Quintín Bay → locatedInBiogeographicRegion → California Current Large Marine Ecosystem ⓘ
linked to: California Current
Leuresthes → distribution → California Current region ⓘ
linked to: California Current