Characteristics and circulation of the surface and intermediate water masses off Algeria

A strong flow of Atlantic water moving against the Algerian coast is known as the Algerian current and it moves near the coastline until it encounters and open sea eddy that makes it flow seaward. The Algerian current produces two anticyclonic eddies, the winter intermediate water and the levantine intermediate water. These two eddies flow eastward from the Algerian coast and encounters the Algerian Current again at the Alboran sea to flow together towards the Mediterranean sea.