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"Upwelling" Definition

noun

A process in which cold, often nutrient-rich waters from the ocean depths rise to the surface.
The act or an instance of rising up from or as if from a lower source: an upwelling of emotion.
The process of upward movement to the ocean surface of deeper cold usually nutrient-rich waters especially along some shores due to the offshore movement of surface waters (as from the action of winds and the Coriolis force).
The process or an instance of rising or appearing to rise to the surface and flowing outward.

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