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Simons, Ascha (author)TheAmazon-Orinoco river plume is a buoyant freshwater lens of 1.2 × 10<sup>6</sup>km<sup>2</sup>, which has been traced over 2000 km from the Amazon river mouthinto the Caribbean Sea and along the Lesser Antilles. The river plume iswarmer than the surrounding open-ocean waters, with temperaturedifferences up to 1.5 ∘C caused...master thesis 2020