What is upwelling? Where does upwelling occur?
What will be an ideal response?
Where divergence occurs at the surface, water must rise from below to replace it. Water at depth is cooler than water at the surface. The rising of cooler water to the surface to replace warm, divergent surface water is referred to as upwelling.
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a. environmental economists b. ecological economists c. Eastern European economists d. neoclassical economists e. classical economists
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________ occurs when air is forced to rise and move over mountainous topography.
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a. northwest. b. northeast. c. southwest. d. southeast. e. south.