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Is the Australian current warm or cold?
List of Ocean Currents of the World
| Name of Current | Nature of Current |
|---|---|
| East Australian Current | Warm |
| Humboldt or Peruvian Current | Cold |
| Kuril or Oya shio Current | Cold |
| California Current | Cold |
Does Australia have warm ocean currents?
The Leeuwin Current is a warm ocean current which flows southwards near the western coast of Australia. Because of the Leeuwin Current, the continental shelf waters of Western Australia are warmer in winter and cooler in summer than the corresponding regions off the other continents.
What is the temperature of the West Australian Current?
It is the northern branch of the West Wind Drift. The current flows from south to north. Its temperature in February ranges from 19°C in the south to 26°C in the north; in August, from 15° to 21°C, respectively. Its salinity is 35.5-35.7 parts per thousand; its speed is 0.7-0.9 km/hr.
Which ocean current cools Australia?
The West Australian Current (or the Western Australian Current), is a cool surface current of the Southern Ocean and Southern Indian Ocean. It starts as the Southern Indian Ocean Current, a part of the larger Antarctic Circumpolar Current (also known as the West Wind Drift).
What ocean is west of Australia?
Indian Ocean
The state is bounded to the north by the Timor Sea, to the northwest and west by the Indian Ocean, and to the south by the portion of the Indian Ocean commonly called the Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean) in Australia.
How does West Australian Current affect climate?
The unique feature of ocean currents around Australia is that along both east and west coasts they transport warmer water southwards and influence the local climate, particularly air temperature and rainfall, as well as species distribution.
What ocean is to the west of Australia?
Where is the West Australian Current?
The eastern boundary current of the subtropical gyre in the Indian Ocean. It covers the eastern half of the southern Indian Ocean in a broad northward movement but does not reach to the Australian coast, where the Leeuwin Current flows southward instead.
What climate is Western Australia?
Western Australia has many types of climate, in the south-west, the climate is temperate, with winter rainfall (June-August) and four distinct seasons, to the north the climate is tropical with a wet season and a dry season (April to November) while in the rest of the land is arid or semi-arid.
Which is not a cold ocean current?
The correct answer is Agulhas. Agulhas is not a cold ocean current. The Agulhas Current is the western boundary current of the southwest Indian Ocean.