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World map showing major ocean current systems, with arrows indicating the direction and speed of warm and cold currents in the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. Warm currents are marked in red and cold currents in blue, with currents labeled by name and symbols denoting those that reverse direction seasonally. A legend explains current speed categories and color codes. Map of the Pacific Ocean highlighting the Peru Current, shown as an orange arrow running northward along the west coast of South America from Chile past Peru toward Ecuador. The map provides a broad view including the Americas, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands. major surface currents of the oceans
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Peru Current: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Map added. Sep 08, 2023
Map added. Jul 14, 2023
Invalidated site: World Wildlife Fund - Humboldt Current. Dec 25, 2019
Add new Web site: World Wildlife Fund - Humboldt Current. Oct 08, 2015
Add new Web site: Origins - The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism. Oct 08, 2015
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - The Peru Current. Dec 08, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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