UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 1

● Ocean currents can be classified as cold and warm on the basis of temperature.
● Cold currents-
◦ West Wind drift
◦ Humboldt (Peru) current
◦ California current
◦ Canaries current
◦ Oyashio current
◦ Labrador current
◦ Falkland current
● Warm currents-
◦ Gulf Stream
◦ North Atlantic Drift
◦ Alaska current
◦ Kuroshio current
◦ Aghulas current
◦ Brazilian current
◦ North Equatorial current
◦ South Equatorial current