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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
Warm currents produce a milder climate.
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उत्तर
Warm currents produce a milder climate because they raise the temperature of the air above them, thereby warming the coastal areas they flow past. This effect reduces the severity of winters and makes the overall climate of these regions more temperate and less extreme.
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Name any two ways in which movement of ocean water takes place.
What happens when warm and cold currents meet?
Name the factors responsible for the subsurface movement of ocean waters.
Give reasons for the following:
The eastern coasts of the USA are comparatively cold.
Give reasons for the following:
The waters of the Oyashio Current form the richest fishing grounds in the world.
Give reasons for the following:
There is heavy rainfall in Queensland but the Atacama desert is arid.
Describe one effect of the following ocean current.
Labrador Current of the Atlantic Ocean.
Describe one effect of the following ocean current.
The Kuroshio current
Describe one effect of the following ocean current.
Oyashio Current of the Pacific Ocean.
What are ocean currents?
