Concept information
Preferred term
Kuroshio Current
Definition
- THE KUROSHIO CURRENT is the second largest ocean current in the world, and flows in the western Pacific from the east coast of Taiwan island, northwards to Japan, and then beyond Hokkaido past the Kuril Islands, where it merges with the North Pacific Current. In many ways, it is similar to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, which also carries warm tropical waters toward the polar region. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Kuroshio Current]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Kuroshio_Current
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