Current (fluid)

{{short description|Magnitude and direction of flow in a fluid}}

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