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The Benguela Current / b ɛ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛ l ə / is the broad, northward flowing ocean current that forms the eastern portion of the South Atlantic Ocean gyre. The current extends from roughly Cape Point in the south, to the position of the Angola-Benguela Front in the north, at around 16°S .
Namibian fisheries catches 1950-2000. The Beguela Current LME is the strongest coastal upwelling system in the world. It is highly productive and supports a rich fishery with catches of rock lobster, cods, hakes and haddock, sardines and anchovies of over a million tons per year.
Benguela current: a cold, slow-moving current that moves northward up South Africa’s west coast. It is driven by prevailing southeasterly trade winds that create coastal upwelling: the rising of cold, nutrient-rich waters from 200–300 m depth in turn to fuel high rates of phytoplankton growth that nurture an abundant marine ecosystem.
Benguela Current, oceanic current that is a branch of the West Wind Drift of the Southern Hemisphere. It flows northward in the South Atlantic Ocean along the west coast of southern Africa nearly to the Equator before merging with the westward-flowing Atlantic South Equatorial Current.
The eastern boundary current of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre. It transports 20–25 Sv (20–25 × 10 6 m 3 s-1) northward along the coast of Namibia with speeds of about 0.2 m s-1, gradually leaving the coast between 30° and 25°S.
28 mar 2017 · The contribution of the Agulhas to the Benguela Current transport values is known to be significant and is suggested in the surface geostrophic current patterns revealed by the lines of constant SSH for the REF and NOA simulations shown in Figure 1.
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