Agulhas Current

western boundary current of the southwest Indian Ocean that flows down the east coast of Africa
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Agulhas Current

Summary

Agulhas Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #10 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Agulhas Current is on the body of water Indian Ocean[3].
  • Agulhas Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[4].
  • Cape Agulhas is named after Agulhas Current[5].
  • Agulhas Current's part of is recorded as Indian Ocean Gyre[6].
  • Agulhas Current's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q13955 (ara)-Spotless Mind1988-تيار أجولهاس.wav[7].
  • Agulhas Current's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -30, 'lon': 35}[8].
  • Agulhas Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nwnh[9].
  • Agulhas Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0001182[10].
  • Agulhas Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Agulhas-Current[11].
  • Agulhas Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1999754[12].
  • Agulhas Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[13].
  • Agulhas Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3866445[14].
  • Agulhas Current's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 155627[15].
  • Agulhas Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as corrent-dagulhas[16].

Body

Geography

Agulhas Current is on the body of water Indian Ocean[3]. Its part of is recorded as Indian Ocean Gyre[6].

Designation and Status

Agulhas Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[4].

History and Context

Cape Agulhas is named after Agulhas Current[5].

Why It Matters

Agulhas Current draws 164 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #10 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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