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PRELIMS 2011 · WORLD GEOGRAPHY

La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different…

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2011 paper World Geography

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La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino?

1. La Nina is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El Nino has an adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate.

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