If you're referring to streams/rivers of water that run independently of another source in the ocean these are referred to as "currents" and can be very powerful depending on their location.
The local workers become redundant at their work-place and are soon retrenched,they lose their jobs
The invasion of Kuwait led to a United Nations Security Council embargo and sanctions on Iraq and a U.S.-led coalition air and ground war, which began on January 16, 1991, and ended with an Iraqi defeat and retreat from Kuwait on February 28, 1991.
It has the Nile river in the east, the Sahara desert and the Atlas Mountains which are in the west.