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Correct Answer: Option (D) — Benguela and Guinea
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Standard Reference Verified• Benguela Current is a cold, northward-flowing current along the southwest coast of Africa. • Guinea Current is a warm, eastward/westward-flowing current along the coast of West Africa bordering the Gulf of Guinea.
Ocean currents around the west African coastline are the Canary Current (northwest), Guinea Current (equatorial Gulf of Guinea), and Benguela Current (southwest).
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