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The zonally aligned Rio Grande Rise separates the Argentine Basin in the south from the Brazil Basin in the north. It is a high topographic obstacle for bottom water propagation to the north. Two meridional gaps intersect the Rise at ~39° W and ~28° W (Vema and Hunter channels, respectively). The depth in the Vema Channel exceeds 4,600 m as compared to the background depths of 4,200 m. The Hunter Channel is much shallower and the greatest depth does not exceed 4,000 m.
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This section of Chapter 4, was written in cooperation with V. Sivkov, M. Kravchishina, and A. Klyuvitkin
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Morozov, E.G., Demidov, A.N., Tarakanov, R.Y., Zenk, W. (2010). Exchange Between the Argentine and Brazil Basins; Abyssal Pathways and Bottom Flow Channels (for Waters of the Antarctic Origin). In: Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9358-5_4
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