Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.6 Oceanography

3.6.6 Major currents of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and their effects

Each ocean has a loop of warm currents along the eastern shores of continents and cold currents along the western shores; they decide whether a coast is mild or cold, wet or desert, and where the great fishing grounds lie.

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Key terms

  • Gulf Stream
  • North Atlantic Drift
  • Labrador
  • Canary
  • Benguela
  • Brazil
  • Falkland
  • Kuroshio
  • Oyashio
  • California
  • Humboldt
  • Peru current
  • East Australian
  • West Australian
  • Agulhas
  • Mozambique
  • Somali current
  • monsoon drift
  • West Wind Drift
  • Sargasso Sea
  • El Nino
  • Grand Banks
  • fog
  • coastal deserts

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