The Kuroshio Current (黒潮, "Black Tide"), also known as the Black Current or Japan Current (日本海流, Nihon Kairyū) is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on...
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Kuroshio Current is a northward flowing Western Boundary Current (WBC) in the Pacific Ocean. It is a bifurcation arm of the North Equatorial Current and...
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major currents of the world's oceans, such as the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the Agulhas Current, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, are all...
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North Pacific Current is formed by the collision of the Kuroshio Current, running northward off the coast of Japan, and the Oyashio Current, which is a...
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of Okhotsk. It collides with the Kuroshio Current off the eastern shore of Japan to form the North Pacific Current (or Drift). The nutrient-rich Oyashio...
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Kamchatka Current – Pacific Ocean current Kuroshio Current – North flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean Mindanao Current – Narrow...
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ocean currents: the North Pacific Current to the north, the California Current to the east, the North Equatorial Current to the south, and the Kuroshio Current...
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the Agulhas Current, and the Kuroshio Current. Low-latitude western boundary currents are similar to sub-tropical western boundary currents but carry cool...
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the Kuroshio current and one moves southward and becomes the Mindanao Current. The process of splitting is called a bifurcation. The Mindanao Current flows...
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Kuroshio refers to the Kuroshio Current, an oceanic current. It may also refer to: Kuroshio, Kōchi, a small town in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan Japanese destroyer Kuroshio...
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Ocean (section Ocean currents and global climate)
tidal currents, while wind and waves cause surface currents. The Gulf Stream, Kuroshio Current, Agulhas Current and Antarctic Circumpolar Current are all...
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Geography of Japan (section Ocean currents)
the Kuroshio Current in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The Kuroshio countercurrent flows southward to the east of the Kuroshio current in the Pacific...
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journey from Cape Wushibi in Taitung County to Yonaguni island along the Kuroshio current in a dugout canoe based on technology and materials from 30,000 years...
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Kuroshio Current. The eggs and larvae develop during winter in the East China Sea and the adults travel with minimum energy via the Kuroshio Current to...
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lineages. They are related to the paths of the Kuroshio Current and its Sea of Japan branch, the Tsushima Current. Where they are sympatric, the lineages interbreed...
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Kuroshio (黒潮, "Black Current" or "Black Tide", Kuroshio Current) was the third vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel Kagerō-class destroyers built...
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known as Jiro "Ikemen" Kuroshio (黒潮"イケメン"二郎, Kuroshio "Ikemen" Jirō) and currently known as Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (黒潮TOKYOジャパン, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan), is a...
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weakened the system. Though it passed over the warm waters of the Kuroshio Current the following day, dry air soon impinged upon the typhoon. Soulik later...
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currents and winds. For example, plastic entering the ocean in Korea is moved eastward by the Subarctic Current (in Subarctic Water) and the Kuroshio...
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Spanish began sending vessels northeast from the Philippines, riding the Kuroshio Current in a sweeping circular route across the northern part of the Pacific...
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Island). A warm branch of the Kuroshio Current passes through the strait. Originating along the Japanese islands, this current passes through the Sea of Japan...
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first successful round trips that year, by taking advantage of the Kuroshio Current. The trade using "Urdaneta's route" lasted until 1815, when the Mexican...
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Equatorial Current, driven westward along latitude 15°N by the trade winds, turns north near the Philippines to become the warm Japan or Kuroshio Current. Turning...
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north of the North Pacific Current; it is the northern branch of the Kuroshio Current which moves northeast then east between 40° N and 50° N. As it approaches...
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Daibutsu during the massive tsunami of 1498. A branch of the warm Kuroshio Current warms the bay, allowing it to host marine organisms typical of more...
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daily. After riding the north equatorial current, the leptocephali take and head northward by the Kuroshio Current to east Asia. These eels live in rivers...
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rainfall. The Kuroshio Current flows by Kōchi Prefecture's coast. The climate of Kōchi Prefecture is heavily influenced by the Kuroshio Current. Even during...
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(3,000 ft) here. Thanks to the North Pacific Current, which is in turn fed by the warm Kuroshio Current, the Gulf of Alaska remains ice-free throughout...
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Rogue wave (category Ocean currents)
distinct cause but occur where physical factors such as high winds and strong currents cause waves to merge to create a single huge wave. Recent research suggests...
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of Shari, Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaidō The Oyashio Current colliding with the Kuroshio Current off the coast of Hokkaido Hokkaidō has the third-largest...
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