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California Current facts for kids

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The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that starts along the northwestern United States coast and ends on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

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  • Diagram of California Current System

    Major currents in the California Current System: the California Current (the bulkier, vertical blue line), the coastal jet, the Davidson Current and California Undercurrent, and the Southern California Eddy/Countercurrent.

  • Corriente de California-Feb-13-2013-20

    The lack of clouds along the coast (and also along the Central Valley of California) is due to an offshore wind blowing drier air from the land offshore.

  • Water temperature off the California coastline

    Upwelling process off the coast of California bringing cooler, nutrient rich water up to the surface.

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Corriente de California para niños

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