Which among the following is a warm ocean current of the Pacific Ocean?

The Correct Answer is Kuroshio Current.

Important Points

• Kuroshio Current:
  • It is also known as Japan Current and flows from Taiwan to the Bering Strait.
  • It is a warm current of the Pacific Ocean.
• Humboldt Current:
  • It is a Cold current of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Flows northwards along the western coast of South America and is actually the continuation of west wind drift.
• Labrador Current:
  • It is a Cold current of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • It Originates in the Baffin Bay drifts south eastwards Baffin and Greenland and merges with the Gulf Stream of New Foundland.
• Canaries Current:
  • It is a cold current of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • It is the continuation of North Atlantic Drift along the western coast of the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa in the southern direction .