Usually means: Rising of deep, cold water.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. upwelling: Merriam-Webster
  2. upwelling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. upwelling: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Upwelling, upwelling: Wordnik
  5. upwelling: Wiktionary
  6. upwelling: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. upwelling: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. upwelling: Dictionary.com
  9. Upwelling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. upwelling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. upwelling: Encyclopedia

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  1. upwelling: Natural History Terms

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (upwelling)

noun:  An upward movement from a lower source.
noun:  the oceanographic phenomenon that occurs when strong, usually seasonal, winds push water away from the coast, bringing cold, nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface

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