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WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the ocean and weather patterns in the Pacific water are warmer than normal it is called ____ but when it is cooler than normal it is called ____
A
El caliente, La Frío
B
La Niña, El Niño
C
El Niño, La Niña
D
La Frío, El caliente
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -El Niño refers to a band of warmer water spreading from west to east in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Similarly, a La Niña occurs when the band of water spreads east to west and is cooler. Both phenomena affect the weather worldwide and can have drastic effects on economies that depend on rainfall.

Detailed explanation-2: -The weather pattern known as La Niña brings warmer-than-normal sea-surface temperatures (in red) to the southern Pacific Ocean around northern Australia, New Guinea, and the islands of Indonesia. The cooler sea-surface temperatures of La Niña (in blue) occur in the southern Pacific off the coast of South America.

Detailed explanation-3: -During an El Niño event, the surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become significantly warmer than usual.

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