A current in a fluid is the magnitude and direction of flow within each portion of that fluid, such as a liquid or a gas.

Types of fluid currents include:

• Air current

Water current

• Current (hydrology), a current in a river or stream

Ocean current

• Longshore current

• Boundary current

• Rip current

• Rip tide

Subsurface currents

• Turbidity current

• Tidal current

See also

• Laminar flow

References