Benguela Current

broad, northward flowing ocean current that forms the eastern portion of the South Atlantic Ocean gyre
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Benguela Current

Summary

Benguela Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #9 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Benguela Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[3].
  • Benguela Current's image is recorded as South Atlantic Gyre.png[4].
  • Benguela Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].
  • Benguela Province is named after Benguela Current[6].
  • Benguela Current's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 102144647640626012949[7].
  • Benguela Current's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2008020183[8].
  • Benguela Current's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16716919r[9].
  • Benguela Current's IdRef ID is recorded as 060724161[10].
  • Benguela Current's part of is recorded as South Atlantic Gyre[11].
  • Benguela Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s03n[12].
  • Benguela Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0009137[13].
  • Benguela Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Benguela-Current[14].
  • Benguela Current's FAST ID is recorded as 1896785[15].
  • Benguela Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 1874830[16].
  • Benguela Current's NE.se ID is recorded as benguelaströmmen[17].
  • Benguela Current's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Benguelastrømmen[18].
  • Benguela Current's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as benguelastrom[19].
  • Benguela Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[20].
  • Benguela Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3876015[21].
  • Benguela Current's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007544927105171[22].
  • Benguela Current's Lex ID is recorded as Benguelastrømmen[23].
  • Benguela Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512615[24].
  • Benguela Current's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as corrent-de-benguela[25].
  • Benguela Current's A Dictionary of Geography entry ID is recorded as 313[26].

Body

Geography

Benguela Current is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean[3]. Its part of is recorded as South Atlantic Gyre[11].

Designation and Status

Benguela Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[5].

History and Context

Benguela Province is named after Benguela Current[6].

Why It Matters

Benguela Current draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #9 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Benguela Current. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/benguela-current
MLA “Benguela Current.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/benguela-current.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_benguela-current_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Benguela Current}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/benguela-current}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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