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Western boundary currents
The strong, permanent, moving currents found in all five major oceanic gyres: the Brazil, East Australian, Kuroshio, and Aguilhas currents, and the Gulf Stream; the East Africa Coast Current is a western boundary current in the small gyre of the North Indian Ocean during the northern hemisphere summer, but it virtually disappears in winter.
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