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Falkland Current, the Glossary

The Falkland Current is a cold water current that flows northward along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia as far north as the mouth of the Río de la Plata.^[1]

11 relations: Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Argentine Sea, Brazil Current, Brazil-Falkland Confluence, Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Ocean current, Patagonia, Río de la Plata, Subantarctic, Sverdrup.
Currents of the Atlantic Ocean

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica.

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Argentine Sea

The Argentine Sea (Mar Argentino) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to the southern tip of South America.

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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. Falkland Current and Brazil Current are currents of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Brazil-Falkland Confluence

The Brazil–Falkland Confluence Zone (also called the Brazil–Falklands Confluence Zone or the Brazil–Malvinas Confluence Zone) is a very energetic region of water just off the coast of Argentina and Uruguay where the warm poleward flowing Brazil Current and the cold equatorward flowing Falkland Current converge. Falkland Current and Brazil-Falkland Confluence are currents of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.

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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

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Ocean current

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences.

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Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.

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Río de la Plata

The Río de la Plata, also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.

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