An ocean current is a stream of water moving through a larger body of water. Just as a river is a stream of water moving through land, an ocean current is a "river" of water moving through the ocean.
One of the major ocean currents is the Gulf Stream, which flows out of the Gulf of Mexico and warms the east coast of the United States. But the greatest of all ocean currents is the West Wind Drift Current, a moving stream of water that circles the continent of Antarctica.
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