Agulhas Plateau
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The Agulhas Plateau is an oceanic plateau located in the south-western Indian Ocean about 500 km south of South Africa. It is a remainder of a large igneous province, the Southeast African LIP, that f
The Agulhas Plateau is limited by the Agulhas Passage to the north; by the Agulhas Basin to the west; and by the Transkei Basin to the north-east.
Agulhas Return Current
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The Agulhas Return Current is an ocean current in the South Indian Ocean. The ARC contributes to the water exchange between oceans by forming a link between the South Atlantic Current and the South In
Agulhas Plateau
…Agulhas Current, the western boundary current of the Indian Ocean, retroflects abruptly into the Indian Ocean south-west of South Africa and becomes the Agulhas Return Current. Over the Agulhas Plateau the return current forms a major northward loop to bypass it. African superswell…
The Agulhas Return Current (ARC) meanders east from the southern tip of Africa