Japan current

Japan Current

n. A warm ocean current flowing northeast from the Philippine Sea past southeast Japan to the North Pacific. Also called Kuroshio Current.

Japan Current

n (Placename) a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific. Also called: Kuroshio

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Noun

Japan current - a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific oceanKuroshio, Kuroshio currentocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

Japan Current

Kuroshio

(ko͝orōshē`ō)[Jap.,=black stream], warm ocean current of the Pacific Ocean, off E Asia. A northward flowing branch of the North Equatorial Current, it runs E of Taiwan and Japan; the Tsushima Current separates from the main current and flows into the Sea of Japan. At about lat. 35°N it divides to form an eastern branch flowing nearly to the Hawaiian Islands and a northern branch that skirts the coast of Asia and merges with the waters of the cold Oyashio Current to form the North Pacific Current. Dense fogs develop along the boundary between the Japan and Oyashio currents. Air moving over the warm Japan Current becomes more temperate and acts to moderate the climate of Taiwan and Japan.

Japan Current

[jə′pan ′kə·rənt] (oceanography) Kuroshio Current

Japan Current

a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific

Japan current

Related to Japan current: Brazil Current

noun

Synonyms for Japan current

noun a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean

Synonyms

Kuroshio
Kuroshio current

Related Words

ocean current

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