Western intensification is the intensification of the western arm of an oceanic current, particularly a large gyre in an ocean basin, due to the Coriolis effect, and the variation of Coriolis force with latitude (the beta effect). It is for this reason that the currents on the western boundary of a basin (such as the Gulf Stream, a current on the western side of the Atlantic Ocean) are stronger than those on the eastern boundary (such as the California Current, on the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean). An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earths oceans. ... Oceanic basin can also refer to the river basins flowing into an ocean. ... This low pressure system over Iceland spins counter-clockwise due to the Coriolis effect. ... For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ... The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that moves south along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia, and ending off southern Baja California. ...