The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and the deepest ocean.
Its currents can be divided into two parts :
1. North Circle:
- North Equatorial Current: In the northern part of Pacific ocean, there are trading winds which make the currents flow from east to west. This current is known as north equatorial current. It is a hot water current.
- Kuroshivo Current: The north equatorial current flows towards north when it comes in eastern islands. Here it is called Kuroshivo current.
- North Atlantic Ocean Current: When Kuroshivo current hits the eastern coast of India then it start flowing towards north east. It is called north Atlantic ocean current.
- The California Current: The north Atlantic ocean current hits the western coast of North America. Here, it is divided into two parts: One part is called Alaska current and the other is known as California current. Because the California current comes from polar region. So, it is a cold current.
2. South Circle:
- South Equatorial Current: In the South of equator the sea water starts flowing east to west under the impact of trading winds. It is a hot water current,
- Eastern Australian Current: It is also a hot water current. When the south equatorial current reaches the eastern island, it takes southward direction and starts moving near the eastern coast of Australia. So it is called eastern Australian current.
- Pacific Ocean Southern Current: It is again a hot water current. Eastern Australian current takes eastward direction because of the effect of western winds. Because it is in south hemisphere, it bends towards west and is known as pacific ocean southern current.
- Peru’s Current: It is a cold stream. The Pacific ocean’s southern current hits the western coast of South America and starts flowing from south to north. It is Peru’s current, it meets the equatorial current and completes the circle of Pacific ocean currents.