Activity 4

Type one of the following terms into each gap to complete the passage.

Equatorial, Benguela, eastwards, Warm Gulf Stream, Africa, westwards

Westerly winds drive the cold Antarctic current . This turns northwards when it reaches the coast of and is known as the current. The South East trade winds then take this current as the South current. Off Brazil this current divides in two. One branch flows south-west as the Brazilian current; the other moves northwest into the Gulf of Mexico, then flows north east as the .