Question
Name the two warm currents and two cold currents of the North Atlantic Ocean and also explain the effects of these currents on the climate of the control areas along which they flow.
Solution
Two warm and two cold currents of the North Atlantic Ocean are as follows :
1. Warm currents :
(a) Florida Currents
(b) Gulf Stream and North Atlantic drift,
2. Cold currents :
(a) Canary current,
(b) Labrador Current.
The climate of the coasts become warm or cold according to the currents passing through the coasts. United Kingdom and Labrador (U.K. N.America) are in the same latitude but remains unfrozen due to warm Gulf Stream and Labrador is frozen for nine months due to cold Labrador currents. Norway Coasts are unfrozen throughout the year due to North Atlantic Drift. Thus the currents affect the climate of the coastal areas.
