Humboldt Current Definition

hŭmbōlt
noun
The cold ocean current flowing north along the coasts of Chile and Peru.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Peruvian current

Origin of Humboldt Current

  • After Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Humboldt Current Sentence Examples

  • The absence of rain here is ascribed to the action of the lofty uplands of the Andes on the trade-wind, and to the influence of the cold Humboldt current sweeping northward along the west coast of the continent.

  • The constantly prevailing wind on the Peruvian coast is from the south, which is a cold wind from the Humboldt current.

  • The heat is modified at many points on the coast, however, by the cold Humboldt current which sweeps up the west coast of South America from the Antarctic seas.

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