2007-01-18 15:49:22 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The weather phenom - El Niño is an oscillation of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe.
2007-01-18 15:52:33 · answer #1 · answered by RiverGirl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a definition of the common phrase "El Nino", referring to a Pacific Ocean current that usually appears around Christmas time, and is named for the Christ child, in Spanish ("El Nino") .
El Niño, name of a southward-flowing ocean current off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador. Apparently cyclical changes in the pattern of its flow are the cause of environmental and climatic disturbances that cause widespread damage every few years. The current usually appears around Christmastime, so it was named El Niño, a Spanish term meaning "the child," referring to Jesus Christ.
The El Niño current normally flows south from the eastward equatorial countercurrent and then converges with the northward Peru Current a few degrees south of the equator. Atmospheric disturbances, such as those triggered by the 1982 eruption of Mexico's El Chichón volcano, cause it to occasionally extend farther south along the Peru coast, which is a major fishing region.
El Niño's warm and nutrient-poor waters cause great damage to the fishing industry and also to the birds feeding in the region, which are an important source of the fertilizer guano. The climatic effects of large-scale El Niño disturbances also cause flooding and drought conditions over a wide area, sometimes extending as far as the southern Pacific Ocean, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Such disturbances have taken place in 1953, 1957 to 1958, 1972 to 1973, 1976, 1982 to 1983, and 1992.
2007-01-18 23:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by JOHN B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to Chris Farley, "El Nino" is Spanish for...."The Nino".
2007-01-18 23:51:52 · answer #3 · answered by bscoms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not mean the baby boy it means the boy the baby boy is a nino chico
2007-01-18 23:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why dont you go to dictionary.com and find out yourself :D.. Haha.. Im jk, it means the baby boy.. And El Nina is the Baby girl
2007-01-18 23:53:03 · answer #5 · answered by KattyoOo... 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the boy or a weather pattern that occurs every 3 years in south america
2007-01-18 23:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by xXCZRXx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The child
2007-01-18 23:51:55 · answer #7 · answered by USAF, Retired 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby boy.
2007-01-18 23:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by sundayschool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The child (boy)
la nina would mean the child (girl)
2007-01-18 23:51:38 · answer #9 · answered by searious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the child who is a young boy
2007-01-19 00:10:49 · answer #10 · answered by ducky blue17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋