Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is a circumpolar current that flows from west to east around the Antarctic continent. Its center is between 50° and 60° south latitude, and its flow speed is slow, at less than 0.5 knots. However, because it is 3,000 meters thick, it is said to be a huge current with a flow rate of over 100 million tons per second. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
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南極周極海流ともいう。南極大陸のまわりを西から東へ向う環流。流れの中心は南緯 50°～60°，流速は 0.5ノット以内で遅いが，厚さが 3000mもあるので，流量は毎秒1億tをこえる莫大な量の海流といわれる。
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