Consider the following statements 1 Pacific Ocean Currents include various cold and warm currents wh...........

Geography and Environment (CSC) World climates

Consider the following statements:

1. Pacific Ocean Currents include various cold and warm currents which show clockwise circulation in the southern Pacific Ocean and anticlockwise circulation in the northern Pacific Ocean.

2. Oyashio, California, and Peruvian are cold currents of the Pacific Ocean

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect ?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect: The Pacific Ocean shows clockwise circulation in the northern Paci fi c Ocean and anticlockwise circulation in the southern Pacific Ocean. Supplementary notes: Paci fi c Ocean Current The pattern of circulation in the Pacific is similar to that of the Atlantic, except in modi fi cations which are probably existent due to its greater size and more open nature.

Paci fi c Ocean currents include various cold and warm currents which show clockwise circulation in the northern Pacific Ocean and anticlockwise circulation in the southern Pacific Ocean.

These currents in fl uence the climatic patterns around the coastal region. The important currents of the Pacific Ocean include -

Warm Currents - North Equatorial Current, South Equatorial Current, Counter Equatorial Current, Kuroshio, North Pacific Drift and the East Australian Current.

Cold Currents - Oyashio Current, California Current, and Peruvian or Humboldt Current.