Q.   Consider the following ocean currents:

1. Irminger Current 
2. Canaries Current
3. Benguela Current 

  Which of the above are cold water currents?
Answer: 1, 2 & 3
Notes: The Irminger Current is a north Atlantic Ocean cold water current setting westward off the southwest coast of Iceland. The Canary Current is a wind-driven cold surface current that is part of the North Atlantic Gyre. Benguela Current is the cold eastern boundary current of the South Atlantic subtropical gyre.

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