Brazil Current
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Brazil Current in a map of the Atlantic Ocean
The Brazil Current is a warm water current that flows south along the Brazilian south coast to the mouth of the Río de la Plata. This current is caused by diversion of a portion of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current from where that current meets the South American continent. It is a western boundary current like the Gulf Stream, and is indeed its southern counterpart; however, it is considerably shallower and weaker. It flows south from the equator to the west wind drift. It joins the Falkland Current at the Argentine Sea (see Brazil–Falkland Confluence), making it a temperate sea.[1]
References
- ↑ Ecorregión Mar Argentino (Spanish)
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