Brazil Current


Brazil Current

[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.

Brazil Current

 

a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean along the shores of South America; a branch of the southern trade wind current. It flows southeast from Cape Sāo Roque along the shores of Brazil to about 40° S lat., where it meets the cold waters of the Falkland Current and the westerlies. Its velocity is 1–2 km/hr; temperature, from 18° to 26° C; and salinity, 35.0–37.25‰ and higher.