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Subsurface ocean current
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<p>A subsurface ocean current is an <a href="/facts/Ocean_current/vfwdGwPY">oceanic current</a> that runs beneath surface currents. Examples include the <a href="/facts/Equatorial_Undercurrent/Kb0Hw5zU">Equatorial Undercurrents</a> of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, the California Undercurrent, and the Agulhas Undercurrent, the deep thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic, and bottom gravity currents near Antarctica. The forcing mechanisms vary for these different types of subsurface currents. </p>