A recently develped theory of ''almost two-dimensional'' turbulence (Albert et al., 1990) is applied to E¿B fluctuations in the E region equatorial electrojet. This theory of plasma turbulence in an external magnetic field extends strictly two-dimensional theory (e.g., Sundan and Keskinen, 1979) to include weak phase variations along the magnetic field. Based on the direct interaction approximation of Kraichnan (1959), it describes the tendency of spectral energy to transfer nonlinearly towards modes with high k∥ despite strong linear damping of these modes. Here, we discuss application of this theory to the aspcet angle k∥ of fluctuations at 3-m scales, for which radar backscatter measurements have been made (Kudeki and Farley, 1989). Allowing for uncertainty in characterizing the plasma turbulence, we find good agreement except at the lowest altitudes of the electrojet. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991