upwelled

Bubbled from below

Upwelled is the past tense of upwell, meaning to rise or flow upward from below.

The term appears most often in oceanography, where cold, nutrient-rich water upwells from the deep to the surface: Nutrients upwelled along the coast, supporting rich fisheries.

Figuratively, emotions or memories may upwell: Grief upwelled in her chest.

surged

rose

Stood up, or fragrant bloom

gushed · rushed · flooded · bubbled up · burst forth · overflowed · sprang · erupted · poured · streamed

oceanic

nutrients

Vital dietary substances

cold water · currents · coastal · productivity · fisheries · circulation · marine ecosystem · nutrient-rich · chlorophyll · biomass

emotional

feelings

Emotional responses experienced internally

joy · nostalgia · emotion · sentiment · longing · anguish · tenderness · sorrow · love · hope

geological

magma

Molten rock underground

  • lavaErupted liquid stone
  • mantleCovering or wrap
  • plumeOrnamental feather or rising column

molten rock · volcanic · basalt · rift · hydrothermal · crust · asthenosphere · subduction · igneous · eruption

Opposites
vertical direction of flow

upwelledsank

Went down, as ships

subsided · descended · sunk · plunged · dropped

accumulation vs. dispersal

upwelleddrained

Emptied of resources

ebbed · receded · dissipated · subsided · withdrew

Family

upwell, upwelling, upwellings

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