Upwelling Definition

ŭp-wĕlĭng, ŭpwĕl-
upwellings
noun
The act or an instance of rising up from or as if from a lower source.
An upwelling of emotion.
American Heritage
An upward flow or current of water; esp., a rising, cold, nutrient-rich, coastal ocean current that attracts fish.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Upwelling

Noun

Singular:
upwelling
Plural:
upwellings

Origin of Upwelling

  • From up- +"Ž welling.

    From Wiktionary

Upwelling Sentence Examples

  • It surfaced a few yards away with a huge upwelling of water.

  • A high and late autumn peak of phytoplankton off the coast of Portugal may be associated with coastal upwelling.

  • The differences in the stratosphere between the runs were ascribed to a different tropopause structure in 49L and to greater tropical upwelling in 49L.

  • Fine-scale transient upwelling (from eddies, fronts and planetary waves) provides the dominant supply of nitrate.

  • The coastal upwelling regions are thus playing an essential role in the marine biogeochemical cycle of many elements.

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Words Starting With

UUPUPW

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With U and Ending With G

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With U9 Letter Words Ending With G