Which Way Does the Current Inside the Earth Flow?

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The Earth is a geodynamo. It is an electromagnet because a net current flows in the molten iron in the mantle. My question is, which way does the current flow?

The northern magnetic pole is a South pole, so the magnetic field points north at the equator.
 
Hornbein said:
The Earth is a geodynamo. It is an electromagnet because a net current flows in the molten iron in the mantle. My question is, which way does the current flow?

The northern magnetic pole is a South pole, so the magnetic field points north at the equator.
I figured it out. Current flows from east to west. That means that electrons flow from west to east.