Correct answer: (c) Agulhas current
Explanation
- A
Florida current
(a) Florida current. A warm Atlantic current off the United States, feeding the Gulf Stream—not the Indian Ocean.
- B
Canary current
(b) Canary current. A cold eastern-boundary current of the North Atlantic off north-west Africa.
- C
Agulhas current
(c) Agulhas current. A warm western-boundary current of the south-west Indian Ocean along south-east Africa. That is the official key.
- D
Kurile current
(d) Kurile current. The cold Oyashio / Kurile current of the north-west Pacific, not the Indian Ocean.
Summary. Official key is (c). The Agulhas current belongs to the Indian Ocean. Florida and Canary are Atlantic; Kurile is Pacific.
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