TheMadagascar current is anoceanic current in the westIndian Ocean.
The Madagascar current is split into two currents – theNorth Madagascar Current and the East Madagascar Current. The south easterly trade winds, theSouth Equatorial Current and theSouth Indian Ocean flow westward when it reaches Madagascar's east coast the flow splits into the North and South Madagascar Currents.[1] Both currents redistribute mass and heat along the stream current system along Madagascar's coast.[1] The North Madagascar Current flows into the South Equatorial Current just north of Madagascar and is directed into theMozambique Channel, this connects to the gyre's equatorial currents into theAgulhas Current off the coast of Southeastern Africa.[2]
The Northern Indian Ocean lies within a large anticyclonic supergyre, northern Madagascar lies between this gyre and a cyclonic gyre in the northern Indian Ocean.[3] There are eddies that originate in the Mozambique Channel and in the southern region ofMadagascar that can affect the timing of the ring formation of the retroflection of the Agulhas Current.[4]
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