[Neither 1 nor 2] Consider the following statements about doldrums :1. they are a high pressure region2. they

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Consider the following statements about doldrums :
1. they are a high pressure region
2. they are a zone of wind divergence
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation:
Doldrums are the region between 5 degree north and south of the equator. They are low pressure zones because of heating and trade winds from both hemisphere converges here. Doldrums, also called equatorial calms, equatorial regions of light ocean currents and winds within the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), a belt of converging winds and rising air encircling Earth near the Equator. The northeast and southeast trade winds meet there; this meeting causes air uplift and often produces clusters of convective thunderstorms.

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