The Leeuwin Current is a warm ocean current which flows southwards near the western coast of Australia. It rounds Cape Leeuwin to enter the waters south of Australia where its influence extends as far as Tasmania .

Apr 1, 2007 · The Leeuwin Current (LC) is an anomalous poleward-flowing eastern boundary current that carries warm, low-salinity water southward along the coast of Western Australia.

The Leeuwin Current is a surface stream of warm, low-salinity tropical water that flows poleward (southward), against the climatological mean equatorward winds, from northwestern Australia to Cape Leeuwin and then eastward towards the Great Australian Bight.

The Leeuwin Current (LC) is an anomalous poleward-flowing eastern boundary current that carries warm, low-salinity water southward along the coast of Western Australia.

The Leeuwin Current acts as a ‘highway’ for Humpback Whales migrating from northern waters, where they mate and give birth, to their southern feeding grounds in Antarctica.

The Leeuwin Current is a warm ocean current that flows strongly southwards along the Western Australian coast, before turning eastwards at Cape Leeuwin and continuing into the Great Australian Bight where its influence extends as far as Tasmania.

Summary: The Leeuwin Current (LC) is a warm, poleward flowing ocean boundary current off the west and south coasts of Australia, driven by large-scale meridional (north-south) pressure gradient. On the interannual time scale, the strength of the LC is influenced by ENSO-related thermocline anomalies, and transmitted from the equatorial

Feb 5, 2016 · The Leeuwin Current is the dominant circulation feature in the eastern Indian Ocean, transporting tropical and subtropical water southward.

The Leeuwin Current is a warm ocean current which flows southwards near the western coast of Australia. It rounds Cape Leeuwin to enter the waters south of Australia where its influence extends as far as Tasmania. The existence of the current …

"Extended" Leeuwin current as seen by drifting buoys (left; several of them were used to plot this map) and monthly Sea level anomalies, right, in July (austral winter): the current flows continiously between West of Australia and Tasmania. (Credits CSIRO Marine Research).