单词 | Agulhas |
释义 | Agulhas, n. Oceanogr.|əˈgʌləs| [The name of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa.] Agulhas Current, a fast, warm ocean current that flows down the eastern coast of southern Africa.
[a1830J. Rennell Currents Atlantic Ocean (1832) i. 20 There is a real Stream off the Cape of Good-Hope, which is a portion of the well known Lagullas Current.] 1881Encycl. Brit. XII. 822/1 When the Agulhas Current is at its strongest, it carries a temperature of 79° as far west as the meridian of 15°E. 1973Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. VIII. 283/1 One may assume that the continuations of these two elements..meet somewhere north of Durban to form the Agulhas Current. 1984A. C. & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans viii. 255 One region that is noted for such [episodic] waves is the area where the Agulhas Current, sweeping down the east coast of South Africa, meets the storm waves arising in the southern ocean. |

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