What are the causes of ocean currents? How do currents affect the temperature of a region?

Ocean currents are continuous movements of water in the ocean that follow set paths, kind of rivers in the ocean. Based on temperature, Ocean currents are classified into two types: cold currents (ex: Labrador current, Peruvian current, Benguela current, etc)  warm currents (ex: Kuroshio current, Gulf stream, North Atlantic drift, etc). Factors that impact the […]

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