Talk:Benguela Current

A fact from Benguela Current appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 April 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Benguela current of the Southern Ocean has a small El Niño effect?

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I have little idea why, but the IPCC synthesis report refers to this current as the "Bangwuela" current. Is this an alternative spelling, or a typo, or what? (See page 45 of the WGII Technical Summary) 132.241.41.99 18:50, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Subantartic current

First: The Benguela Current is not cold because flow of Subantartic waters, but because the strong surge from deep waters. It has a similar origin to the Canary Current
Second: The south Atlantic current circuit has a northern limit along the equator, due to the higher ocean level at the equator because of the centrifugal force of the Earth's rotation.
Third: the southern branch of the south Atlantic circuit, a western current (Agulhas current) is a warm current, therefore precluding subantartic cold waters to reach intertropical latitudes. --Fev 16:41, 26 January 2007 (UTC). --Fev 14:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]