humboldt current
51Swift Current — Spitzname: Speedy Creek Motto: Where life makes sense! Lage in Saskatchewan …
52North Atlantic Current — Schematic of the world s ocean currents. The North Atlantic Current (also known as North Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement) is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. West of Ireland it splits in two;… …
53Mindanao Current — The Mindanao Current is an ocean current along the eastward side of the southern Philippines. It is a narrow, southward flowing current starting at 14°N with 13Sv increasing in strength to 33Sv at 5.5°N. The current splits before the coast of… …
54North Equatorial Current — The North Equatorial Current is a significant Pacific and Atlantic Ocean current that flows east to west between about 10° north and 20° north. It is the southern side of a clockwise subtropical gyre. Despite its name, the North Equatorial… …
55Telluric current — A telluric current (from Latin tellūs , earth ) is an electric current which moves underground or through the sea. Telluric currents result from both natural causes and human activity, and the discrete currents interact in a complex pattern. The… …
56North Brazil Current — North Brazil Currents is a term of the complexion of Atlantic Southern equatorial current and the Atlantic equatorial counter current, Guinea current. These stream in opposite directions, and fluctuate in their strength, thus making it very… …
57HumboldtCurrent — Humboldt Current n. A cold ocean current of the South Pacific, flowing north along the western coast of South America. Also called Peru Current. [After Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von.] * * * …
58Geography of Peru — Country geography name=Peru continent=Americas region=South America km area=1285220 percent land= 97.2 km coastline=2,414 area ranking=20th largest lake=Lake Titicaca highest point=Nevado Huascaran (6,768 m.) lowest point= 34 m (Bayovar… …
59Upwelling — If the wind in blows parallel to the coast in the southern hemisphere (such as along the coast of Peru, where the wind blows North), then Ekman transport produces a net movement of surface water 90 degrees to the left. This can result in coastal… …
60Climate of Peru — The climate of Peru is very diverse, with a large variety of climates and microclimates, including 28 of the 32 world climates. Such a diversity is chiefly conditioned by the presence of the Andes mountains and the cold Humboldt Current. In… …
