3 THE CLIMATE OF AUSTRALASIA 



the action of the trade winds of the northern 

 hemisphere ; its only outlet is southward, along 

 the East African coast, as the East African or 

 Mozambique Channel. 



Such are the prevalent movements of the 

 ocean waters in the Indian Ocean. A similar 

 circulation exists in the Southern Atlantic, and 



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FIG. 5. General Diagram of Oceanic Circulation. (J. J. Wild). 



in the Southern Pacific ; for in both the 

 surface waters are moved by the same forces 

 as in the Indian Ocean. 



Thus, in the South Atlantic, Indian, and 

 South Pacific Oceans the typical circulation is a 

 vast eddy, the water flowing in the direction 

 opposite to the movements of the hands of a 

 watch. On the southern side of the oceanic 



