japan current

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Definition of japan current in English English dictionary

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

It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream

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

A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific, washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific; called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water

Hyphenation

ja·pan cur·rent

Turkish pronunciation

cıpän kärınt

Pronunciation

/ʤəˈpan ˈkärənt/ /ʤəˈpæn ˈkɑːrənt/