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Definition of Humboldt current
1. Noun. A cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humboldt Current
Literary usage of Humboldt current
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Alexander Von Humboldt: Compiled in Commemoration of the Centenary by Julius Löwenberg, Robert Avé-Lallemant, Alfred Wilhelm Dove (1873)
"... Lima, Guayaquil—Guano as Manure—Acapulco—The humboldt current—Letter to the
National Institute. As all hope of joining the expedition under Baudin was ..."
2. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"The humboldt current and the climate of the West Coast of South America.—The
advance northward of the arid climatic conditions of the Peruvian sea-border. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"South of the Galapagos the western flow of the humboldt current must be nearly 900
... The bottom fauna, as we entered the humboldt current going north, ..."
4. General Examination of the Pacific Ocean by Charles Philippe de Kerhallet, Charles Henry Davis (1861)
"Where the humboldt current turns to the northwest, suddenly leaving the coast at
the height of Cape Blanco, its mean velocity is about eight miles a day. ..."
5. Twelve Months in Peru by E. B. Clark (1891)
"The humboldt current from the Antarctic causes the temperature to be lower here
than in the same latitude on the Brazilian coast, and for this reason the ..."
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