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Geography & Environment · Oceanography: Relief, Currents, Tides & Salinity · CDS 2015

Consider the following statements. Statement I: The Kuroshio is a warm north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. Statement II: Presence of a number of volcanoes at the bottom of the Sea of Japan is responsible for the Kuroshio becoming warm. Code:

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Answer C (official UPSC key)The Kuroshio is a warm north-flowing current on the west side of the North Pacific; its warmth comes from tropical waters, not volcanoes in the Sea of Japan

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