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What is El Nino? Mention any of its two effects.

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El Nino is a warm ocean current that flows over Peru in an interval of two to five years. The term El Nino, derived from Spanish, means ‘the child’, i.e. baby **. It flows in the month of December. Its effects are …

i. Surface temperature in sea is increased.

ii. Trade winds in the region are weakened.

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