La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from EI Nino? 1. La Nia is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas EI Nino is characterised by unusually warm ocean tempe

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Q: 52 (IAS/2011)
La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from EI Nino?
1. La Nia is characterised by unusually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas EI Nino is characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
2. El Nino has adverse effect on southwest monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate.
Which of the statements given above is/ correct?
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IAS

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{'el nino': [2, 0, 1, 4], 'la nina': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'monsoon climate': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'ei nino': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'southwest monsoon': [2, 0, 0, 0], 'equatorial indian ocean': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'equatorial pacific ocean': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'warm ocean temperature': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'recent floods': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'cold ocean temperature': [0, 0, 0, 1]}