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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following:
The eastern coasts of the USA are comparatively cold.
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उत्तर
The eastern coasts of the USA are comparatively cold because they are influenced by the cold Labrador Current, which flows southward from the Arctic Ocean along the coast. This cold ocean current lowers the temperature of the coastal regions, making the climate cooler than expected for those latitudes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which factor out of the following does not affect the region along the coast?
Which of the following occurs in the area where the cold and warm currents meet?
Which of these following currents flows from the northern polar region upto Antarctica?
Explain the effect of the transportational capacity of ocean currents.
How do winds give direction to the ocean currents?
How do evaporation and precipitation cause movement of ocean water?
Name the factors originating within the sea which cause ocean currents.
Give a reason for the following:
Warm currents produce a milder climate.
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.
Oyashio Current of the Pacific Ocean.
