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    The Humboldt Current, also called the Peru Current, is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that flows north along the western coast of South America. It...
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    Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent...
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    Galápagos penguin. The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in both are named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed...
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  • Illinois Humboldt, Iowa Humboldt, Kansas Humboldt, Minnesota Humboldt, Nebraska Humboldt, Ohio Humboldt, Portland, Oregon Humboldt, Pennsylvania Humboldt, South...
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    latitudes because of the Humboldt Current. The largest ocean current is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), a wind-driven current which flows clockwise...
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  • due to the Humboldt Current. Before over fishing killed its fishery, Peru had the world's most productive fishery due to the cold Current. It lifts nutrients...
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  • California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of three polytechnic...
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    flying squid or Humboldt squid, with the last name most popular in naturalist sources. The name Humboldt refers to the Humboldt Current, off the southwestern...
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    being the Humboldt Current, the Canary Current, the Benguela Current, the Oyashio Current, and the Somali Current. The California Current is part of...
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    processes sometimes reinforce each other. Cape Peninsula Cape Point Humboldt Current, the Benguela's analogue in the South Pacific Ocean Nelson, G. (1992)...
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    surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No. 370. Named after German explorer Alexander von Humboldt, Humboldt began as a telegraph station located...
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  • The Humboldt Broncos are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team from Humboldt, Saskatchewan. Established in 1970, the Broncos play in the Saskatchewan Junior...
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    Upwelling (redirect from Upwelling current)
    boundary currents in which coastal upwelling primarily occurs are the Canary Current, Benguela Current, California Current, and Humboldt Current. The Benguela...
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    in West Berlin. The university received its current name in honour of Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt in 1949. The university is divided into nine...
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    Anticyclone, the southern circumpolar low pressure area, the cold Humboldt current, the Chilean Coast Range and the Andes Mountains. Despite Chile's narrowness...
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    northward-flowing Humboldt Current carries colder water from the Southern Ocean to the tropics in the East Pacific. The combination of the Humboldt Current and upwelling...
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    directly off the shores of the Sechura Region where the cold Humboldt current and warm El Niño current meet, at about 5° to 6° south of the equator. From this...
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    German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. It began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published...
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    pelagic species such as anchovies. In fact, those in the northern Humboldt Current System feed almost exclusively on one species, the Peruvian anchoveta...
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    potoyunco) is a small seabird that feeds in offshore waters in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile. The Peruvian diving petrel was formally described...
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  • 100m 110yds    50km 30miles Crash site Prince Albert Saskatoon Humboldt Nipawin    On April 6, 2018, 16 people were killed and 13 were injured when a northbound...
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    warm and dry rather than hot, humid, and rainy. This is due to the Humboldt Current, which lower temperatures for most of the year, except in the southern...
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    "Humboldt Current Index (HCI)". Santiago. August 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2024. Montecino, Vivian; Lange, Carina B. (2009). "The Humboldt Current System:...
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  • The Humboldt Research Award (German: Humboldt-Forschungspreis), also known informally as the Humboldt Prize, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt...
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  • the confluence of several currents including the cold Humboldt Current traveling north from South America and the Panama Current traveling south from Central...
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    the ocean's mesopelagic zone and are found in the California Current and the Humboldt Current. Little is known about their specific feeding and mating behaviors...
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    constant temperature inversion caused by the cool north-flowing Humboldt ocean current and the strong Pacific anticyclone contribute to the extreme aridity...
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    been reported on the Azores. G. atlanticus was recently found in the Humboldt Current ecosystem in Peru in 2013, and off Andhra Pradesh in India in 2012...
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  • anniversary of crash that killed 4 Swift Current hockey players". CBC News. December 30, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2018. "Humboldt Broncos bus crash causes Vancouver...
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    crustaceans and algae, thanks to the oxygen-rich water carried in by the Humboldt Current. Chile is also one of the world's largest producers of wine and many...
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