Timor Current

Timor Current, surface oceanic current flowing southwest along the coast of Timor in the Indonesian Archipelago. The Timor Current is fed from the Arafura and Banda seas of the Pacific Ocean and transports between 35 and 53 million cubic feet (1 and 1.5 million cubic metres) of water per second.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Virginia Gorlinski.
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Article Title: Timor Current
Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published: 09 August 2007
Access Date: February 22, 2025