Identify the correct statements. A. The fastest and deepest geostrophic currents are found at the western boundaries of ocean basins. B. Western boundary currents are more concentrated and eastern boundary currents are more diffusive. C. Brazil current is the largest of the western boundary currents. D. Canary, Benguela and Humboldt currents are eastern boundary currents. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A, B and D only
A, B and D are correct. Western-boundary intensification makes western boundary currents generally narrower, faster and deeper than eastern boundary currents. The Brazil Current is not the largest western boundary current. Canary, Benguela and Humboldt are eastern boundary currents.
Important Questions from Oceanography
- What does the term 'halocline' refer to in oceanography?
Match List I with List II.
List – I List – II A. Albatross Plateau I. North Atlantic Ocean Ocean B. Telegraph Plateau II. North-West Pacific Ocean C. Amsterdam–St Paul Plateau III. South-East Pacific D. Kuril–Kamchatka Trench IV. Indian Ocean Arrange the following five zones of the pelagic region of an ocean in the increasing order of its depth from the surface.
1. Mesopelagic
2. Epipelagic
3. Abyssopelagic
4. Bathypelagic
5. Hadopelagic
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:- What is the correct sequence of the given geographic feature from South to North?
- Consider the following statements relating to Sea Salinity :
1. The ocean salinity depends on evaporation and precipitation
2. Any change in the temperature or density influences the salinity
3. Major source of sea salinity is terrestrial discharge by rivers
Which of the statements given above are correct?
