Brazil Current

The Brazil Current is the warm western boundary current of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre, flowing poleward along the South American coast from near 10 degrees south. It is weaker and shallower than its Northern Hemisphere counterparts such as the Gulf Stream, carrying only about 10 to 20 Sverdrups in its upper layers. Near 33 to 38 degrees south it meets the cold, equatorward Malvinas (Falkland) Current at the energetic Brazil-Malvinas Confluence, one of the most eddy-rich regions of the world ocean. There it separates from the coast and turns offshore into the South Atlantic interior.