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El-Nino effect refers to periodic extension of warm equatorial current along which coast?

  1. A
    Peru
  2. B
    African
  3. C
    East Coast of India
  4. D
    Chile Coast

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El Niño refers to the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, specifically along the coast of Peru and Ecuador. It replaces the cold Peruvian current (Humboldt Current) temporarily with a warm equatorial current.

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El-Nino effect refers to periodic extension of warm equatorial current along which coast?
A
Peru
B
African
C
East Coast of India
D
Chile Coast

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