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the Atlantic Falkland Current), and another 

 branch to supplement the Peru or Humboldt 

 Current (corresponding to the Benguela Cur- 

 rent in the Atlantic). 



In the Indian Ocean the circulatory move- 

 ment is complete only in the southern por- 

 tion, where it is formed by the South Equatorial 

 Current flowing westward, the Mozambique 

 Current (corresponding to the Brazil Current of 

 the Atlantic), the easterly Antarctic Drift, 

 and the West Australian Current (correspond- 

 ing to the Benguela Current of the Atlantic). 

 In the northern portion of the Indian Ocean 

 during the north-east monsoon there is a 

 North Equatorial Current flowing westward 

 and a Counter Equatorial Current flowing east- 

 ward, but in summer the south-west monsoon 

 obliterates these currents. 



Vertical Circulation. — After having thus 

 dealt with the horizontal circulation in the 

 surface waters of the ocean, let us turn now 

 to a consideration of the circulation in the 

 deeper waters of the great ocean basins. 

 Into the Southern Ocean the Brazil Current, 

 Mozambique Current, and East Australian 

 Current carry inconceivably enormous vol- 

 umes of warm saline waters from lower lati- 

 tudes, which in their passage southwards come 

 under the influence of the strong westerly 

 or north-westerly winds of the " roaring 



