Which of the following ocean currents is associated with the Indian Ocean?

The correct answer is Agulhas current.

• The Agulhas Current is the western boundary current of the South Indian Ocean.
• It flows down the east coast of Africa from 27°S to 40°S.

Important Points

• Currents in the Indian Ocean include the following:
  • The North-East Monsoon Drift
  • The South West Monsoon Drift
  • North Equatorial Current (Warm)
  • South Equatorial Current (Warm)
  • Somali Current (Cold)
  • Mozambique Current (Warm)
  • Madagascar Current (Warm)
  • Agulhas Current (Warm)
  • West Australian Current (Cold)

Additional Information

• The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows from the Straits of Florida around the Florida Peninsula and along the southeastern coast of the United States.
• Canary Current, part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean.
• Oyashio Current or the Kurile current is the western boundary current in the subpolar gyre of the North Pacific.
• It originates in the Bering Sea and flows south-west off the Kuril Islands to meet the Kuroshio Current east of northern Japan.