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Upwelling is when the winds cause nutrient rich waters from lower levels of the ocean to replace the surface water. Upwelling's are usually caused by coastal surges or open oceans.
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Upwelling off the California coast is caused?
Upwelling refers to a rising of seawater, magma, or any other liquid. The upwelling off the California coast is caused by the wind blowing parallel to the coast.
A current that brings deep nutrient-rich water to the surface?
upwelling
What is the rising of nutrient-rich water from deep in the ocean called?
Upwelling
Why are upwelling waters always cold?
they come from the colder waters on the bottom of the oceans
What are the properties of a iscoseles?
2 sides that are equal and one side that isnt.
What are the two steps in upwelling?
The two steps of upwelling is
Is the geothermal gradient associated with divergent plate boundaries greater than the gradient associated with subduction zones?
Yes. Due to the thinness of the lithosphere at the divergent plate boundary, and the upwelling of hot mantle rock.
Which is an example of a vertical current?
upwelling current upwelling current
How can you use upwelling in a sentence?
When my dad is mad, you can hear the upwelling in his voice.
An upwelling brings nutrients from the floor of the ocean to the surface?
TRUE
When is upwelling weaker during a normal pattern El Niño or La Nina event?
During El Nino upwelling is weaker. During La Nina upwelling increases. During a normal pattern the upwelling rises.
How does upwelling bring fish or nutrients to the surface?
how does upwelling bring fish and nutrients to the surface
What do you mean by upwelling?
Ocean upwelling is a phenomena where cooler deep ocean currents come to the surface, with the usual mechanism being the driving of the water by wind. A more general definition is one that includes the idea of "rising from below or within" as an upwelling of emotion. Here are a couple of sentences: An upwelling of anger fueled his outburst.The thought of the passing of her uncle triggered an upwelling of tears.
Why are many successful fisheries located near areas of upwelling populations large near upwelling?
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Upwelling off the California coast is caused?
Upwelling refers to a rising of seawater, magma, or any other liquid. The upwelling off the California coast is caused by the wind blowing parallel to the coast.
What the cause of upwelling?
wind
What causes upwelling?
Wind
