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What does upwell mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive, of a fluid) To rise from a lower source; to well up.
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Under normal conditions, the northward-blowing winds off South America cause nutrient-rich waters to upwell from below the shallow, warm surface layer.
Groundwater containing NaCl will upwell as springs discharging from aquifers.
Janice Sheridan, 45, and her mother Constance were found stabbed to death at their isolated home in Upwell, Norfolk, in January.
Pregnant Stacy Ellington, of Upwell, Norfolk, was in a car being driven on the correct side of the road by boyfriend David Loasby.
Further research revealed those points of deflection to be upwell areas, a discovery that catalyzed the establishment of commercial fishing in the area.
There were so many dogs in upwell, dogs like Snip and Snap who delighted in chasing cats.

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