humboldt current
21Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum — The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum is located in Samoa, California, a small town across Humboldt Bay from Eureka. The focus of the museum is the preservation and interpretation of its collection of artifacts, photographs, library archives and… …
22Alexander von Humboldt — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander von Humboldt box width = image size =250px caption = Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843 birth date = September 14, 1769 birth place = Berlin death date = May 6, 1859 death place = residence …
23Peru Current — a cold Pacific Ocean current flowing N along the coasts of Chile and Peru. Also called Humboldt Current. * * * ▪ ocean current also called Humboldt Current, cold water current of the southeast Pacific Ocean, with a width of about 900 km… …
24Alexander von Humboldt — Gemälde von Joseph Stieler, 1843 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (* 14. September 1769 in Berlin; † 6. Mai 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Naturforscher mit weit über die Grenzen Europas hinausreichendem Wirkungsfeld. In seinem… …
25Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt — Alexander von Humboldt Gemälde von Joseph Stieler, 1843 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (* 14. September 1769 in Berlin; † 6. Mai 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Naturforscher von Weltgeltung und Mitbegründer der Geographie als… …
26Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt — Alexander von Humboldt Gemälde von Joseph Stieler, 1843 Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (* 14. September 1769 in Berlin; † 6. Mai 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Naturforscher von Weltgeltung und Mitbegründer der Geographie als… …
27Alexander von Humboldt — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Humboldt et Alexander von Humboldt (homonymie). Alexander von Humboldt …
28ocean current — Horizontal and vertical circulation system of ocean waters, produced by gravity, wind friction, and water density variation. Coriolis forces cause ocean currents to move clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern… …
29Ocean current — This article is about ocean currents. For other uses, see Current (disambiguation). The ocean currents. Distinctive white lines trace the flow of surface currents around the world. An ocean cur …
30Equatorial Counter Current — The Equatorial Counter Current is a significant ocean current in the Pacific and Indian oceans that flows west to east at approximately five degrees north. The Counter Currents result from balancing the westward flow of water in each ocean by the …
