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Malvinas Current, South America

This offshoot of the Circumpolar Current carries cool water north along the coast of South America until it encounters water pouring out of the Rio de la Plata.


NASA images courtesy Norman Kuring, MODIS Ocean Team, Goddard Space Flight Center

Published May 7, 2005
Data acquired May 2, 2005

Source:
Aqua > MODIS