1. The Leeuwin current
... at Cape Leeuwin and then into the Great Australian Bight where its physical and chemical influences reach as far as Tasmania (http://www.marine.csiro.au/Leafletsfolder/44leuwin/44.html). In this essay some of these consequences on the physico-chemical environment will be examined ... clarity. The Leeuwin Current originates from tropical regions, making it relatively warm in addition to the distinctive lack of large-scale upwelling (http://www.per.marine.csiro.au/public/oceanography/regional/currents.html). Upwelling is the process by which subsurface waters flow upward and replace the wa...
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