Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 58
Consider the following statements: 1. In the tropical zone, the western sections of the oceans are warmer than the eastern sections owing to the influence of trade winds. 2. In the temperate zone, westerlies make the eastern sections of oceans warmer than the western sections. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या
उत्तर: (C) Both 1 and 2
व्याख्या
Trade winds pile warm surface water in the western tropical oceans. In temperate latitudes the westerlies drive warm drift currents to the eastern parts of oceans (e.g., the North Atlantic Drift off NW Europe).