Earth:South Atlantic Current

Short description: Eastward ocean current, fed by the Brazil Current

The South Atlantic Current is an eastward ocean current, fed by the Brazil Current. That fraction of it which reaches the African coast feeds the Benguela Current. It is continuous with the northern edge of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

The seafaring is usually easier and thus safer in area of the South Atlantic Current than in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, though also slower. It is a cold current.

See also

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current
• Ocean current
• Oceanic gyres
• Physical oceanography

References

• "The South Atlantic Current". Ocean Surface Currents. University of Miami. 2003. http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/atlantic/south-atlantic.html. Retrieved 2007-08-19.