Prelims MCQ · Geography
Consider the following statements:
- Surface currents account for about 10 per cent of ocean water and occupy roughly the upper 400 metres.
- Deep-water currents account for the remaining 90 per cent.
- Deep water sinks into ocean basins at high latitudes where low temperature increases density.
- Currents are normally weakest at the surface and exceed five knots in deep water.
Which of the statements given above are correct?