Question

Name the ocean currents which are responsible for bringing rainfall to the following places.

British Isles, British Columbia, Japan, Australia, South Eastern coast of Africa

What is common about these ocean currents?

Answer 1

The ocean currents responsible for bringing rainfall to the given places and their common feature are:

• British Isles: North Atlantic Drift (a warm current, branch of Gulf Stream)
• British Columbia: North Pacific Drift (a warm current)
• Japan: Kuroshio Current (a warm current)
• Australia: East Australian Current (a warm current)
• South Eastern Coast of Africa: Agulhas Current (a warm current)

Common feature: All these are warm ocean currents that raise the temperature of the coastal areas and cause winds passing over these currents to pick up moisture from the ocean, bringing rainfall to these coastal regions. Warm currents create low pressure and favorable conditions for rainfall and cyclones along these coasts.