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Brazil Current

 
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(brə′zil ′kər·ənt)

(oceanography) The warm ocean current that flows southward along the Brazilian coast below Natal; the western boundary current in the South Atlantic Ocean.


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A warm ocean current off the east coast of Brazil.

 
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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.

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