North Brazil Current
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The North Brazil Current is a warm western boundary ocean current that carries equatorial waters northwestward along the northeastern coast of South America toward the Caribbean Sea.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Brazil Current canonical | 1 |
| North Brazil Current retroflection branch | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ocean current
ⓘ
surface current ⓘ western boundary current ⓘ |
| affects |
marine ecosystems in the western tropical Atlantic
ⓘ
sediment transport along the northern coast of Brazil ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NBC ⓘ |
| boundaryType | western boundary of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre ⓘ |
| carriesWaterType | equatorial waters ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Antilles Current
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Current
North Equatorial Countercurrent via rings and retroflection ⓘ |
| fedBy |
South Equatorial Current
ⓘ
surface form:
South Equatorial Current northern branch
|
| flowsAlong | northeastern coast of South America ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | northwestward ⓘ |
| flowsFromRegion | equatorial Atlantic ⓘ |
| flowsPast |
Brazil
ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ British Guiana ⓘ
surface form:
Guyana
Suriname ⓘ |
| flowsTowardRegion | Caribbean Sea entrance ⓘ |
| formsEddies | North Brazil Current rings ⓘ |
| governedBy |
pressure gradients in the tropical Atlantic
ⓘ
trade wind forcing ⓘ |
| hasPhenomenon | retroflection near the equator ⓘ |
| influences |
Amazon River plume dispersion
ⓘ
Atlantic meridional heat transport ⓘ regional climate of northern South America ⓘ salt transport into the Caribbean Sea ⓘ sea surface temperature in the western tropical Atlantic ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Amazon River discharge ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
tropical Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
Western Tropical Atlantic
|
| monitoredBy |
satellite altimetry
ⓘ
shipboard current measurements ⓘ surface drifters ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | South Equatorial Current ⓘ |
| partOf |
Atlantic western boundary current system
ⓘ
global thermohaline circulation pathways ⓘ |
| retroflexesNear | off the coast of northern Brazil ⓘ |
| ringsPropagate | northwestward into the Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| seasonalVariability | strong ⓘ |
| strongestDuring | boreal summer ⓘ |
| transports | warm saline water ⓘ |
| transportsTo | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| typicalSurfaceSpeed | about 0.5 to 1.5 m/s ⓘ |
| waterTemperature | warm ⓘ |
| weakestDuring | boreal winter ⓘ |
| westernBoundaryOf | Atlantic meridional overturning circulation lower-latitude gyre system ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
South Equatorial Current (Atlantic Ocean)
this entity surface form:
North Brazil Current retroflection branch