The name given to the current of warm water that replaces cold surface water along the coast of Peru and Ecuador during December is?

a. ?Brazil Current.
b. ?Humbolt Current.
c. ?Benguela Current.
d. ?El Niño.
e. ?La Niña.


ANSWER: d

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