Geography · Climatology
Which of the following statements about El Nino are FALSE? I. El Nino is a complex weather system that appears once every ten years, bringing drought, floods and other weather extremes to different parts of the world. II. El Nino is merely an extension of the warm equatorial current which gets replaced temporarily by a cold Peruvian current or Humboldt current. III. The word El Nino means 'Child Christ' because this current appears just after Christmas in the first week of January. IV. El Nino is used in India for forecasting long-range monsoon rainfall.
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I and III
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