List of ocean currents with their location jagron josh
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Pacific Ocean Currents
1- Equatorial Current (Warm)
2- North Equatorial Current (Warm): Flows across from east to west, i.e., from North America it reaches the Philippines.
3- South Equatorial Current (Warm): Peru Current eventually joins with the South Equatorial Current and completes the circuit.
4- Peruvian Current (Cold): Cold current near the west coast of S. America.
5- Kuroshio or Japan Current and W Winds drift (warm) Current (warm): N. Eq. current along the Philippines, Taiwan & Japan coast form this current. From the S.E. Japan the current, under the influence of prevailing westerlies, flows right across the ocean.
6- California Current (Cold): It moves southward along the coast of California
7- Oyashio or Kuril Current (Cold): Flows along the east coast of Kamchatka peninsula.
8- South Pacific Current: From west to east and crosses the Pacific Ocean along with the West Wind Drift.
9- East Australian Current (Warm): Flows from east to west in S. Pacific Ocean.
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Indian Ocean Current
1- Equatorial Centre Current (Warm)
2- South Equatorial Current (Warm)
3- Mozambique and Agulhas Current (Warm)
4- Monsoon Current (Warm)
5- South Indian Current (Cold)
6- West Australian Current (cold)
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Atlantic Ocean Currents
1- Benguela Current (Cold): Cold current from S. to N near the ‘Cape of Good Hope’
2- South Atlantic Current (Cold)
3- Brazil Current (Warm): Flows along the S. American coast from North to South
4- Labrador Current (Cold): Flows along the eastern coast of Canada, meets the warm Gulf Stream near the north-east corner of U.S.A.
5- North Equatorial Current (Warm)
6- South Equatorial Current (Warm)
7- Gulf Stream (Warm): Beyond the Cape Hatteras up to the Grand Banks of New Found Land, Florida current is known as Gulf Stream. From the Grand Banks, the Gulf Stream moves eastward across the Atlantic as the Atlantic Drift.
8- Equatorial Counter Current or Guinea Current (Warm): Flows off the W. African coast
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