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- DictionaryAnt·arc·tic Con·ver·gence/anˈ(t)ärktik kənˈvərjəns/
- 1. the zone of the Antarctic Ocean where the cold, nutrient-laden Antarctic surface water sinks beneath the warmer waters to the north.
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The Antarctic Convergence or Antarctic Polar Front is a marine belt encircling Antarctica, varying in latitude seasonally, where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the relatively warmer waters of the sub-Antarctic.
Aug 11, 2017 · The Antarctic Convergence (AAC) is a boundary line that separates the Antarctic and subantarctic regions. The AAC is a curved line that fully encircles Antarctica, and which varies in latitude seasonally.
- Joyce Chepkemoi
Antarctic Convergence, transition region of the Southern Hemisphere, a major boundary zone of the world’s oceans that separates the waters surrounding Antarctica into Antarctic and sub-antarctic regions.
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The Antarctic Convergence completely encircles the southern continent roughly at a latitude of 55 degrees south but there is much variation and its latitude can fall between 41 and 61 degrees south.
antarctic polar front. also known as the antarctic convergence; the southern front of the antarctic circumpolar current that separates the antarctic zone in the south from the polar frontal zone in the north; taken by many to delineate the actual northern boundary of the antarctic zone; characterized by sea surface temperatures near 5° 6° C ...
The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward-flowing Antarctic waters meet the warmer waters of the world’s oceans. The Antarctic covers approximately 20 percent of the Southern Hemisphere. Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent in terms of total area.
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May 8, 2018 · Antarctic convergence (AAC) A convergence line in the seas that circle Antarctica between latitudes 50°S and 60°S. It is where the cold waters from the Antarctic region meet and sink beneath the warm waters from the middle latitudes, so forming the Antarctic intermediate water.
