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OCEAN CURRENT

 CORIOLIS FORCE :-
 NH- Right
WARM COLD  SH- Left

 Warm :-
 moving away from the equator toward the
poles
 Flow of water from lower latitude to higher
latitude
 Cold :-
 more from pole to equator
 Move from high latitude to low latitude
OCEAN CURRENT

PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN


PACIFIC OCEAN

 Warm current list (NH)  Cold current list (NH)


• North equatorial current • Oyashio
• Kyuroshio • Kurile
• North pacific • Okhotsk
• Alaska • Kamchatka
• Tsushima • California

 Warm current list (SH)  Cold current list (SH)


• South equatorial current • South pacific
• East Australian • Peru / Humboldt current
ATLANTIC OCEAN

 Warm current list (NH)  Cold current list (NH)


• North equatorial current • Labrador
• Antilles • East Greenland
• Florida • Canary
• Gulf stream
• North Atlantic
• Norway
• Renal  Cold current list (SH)
• Falkland
 Warm current list (SH) • South Atlantic
• South equatorial current • Benguela
• Brazil
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NOTE

 Sargasso sea – a sea without coast


What happened when warm & cold current meet-up
 Foggy environment
 Most favorable for fishing
 Difficult in navigation
INDIAN OCEAN

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