Kamchatka Current

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Kamchatka Current

ocean current, Pacific Ocean

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Pacific Ocean
Surface currents
The southward extension of the Kamchatka Current forms the cold Oya Current, which flows to the east of the Japanese island of Honshu to meet the warm Kuroshio waters in the vicinity of 36° N. The cold, southeast-flowing California Current forms the eastern segment of the returning branch of the…
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The southward extension of the Kamchatka Current forms the cold Oya Current, which flows to the east of the Japanese island of Honshu to meet the warm Kuroshio waters in the vicinity of 36° N. The cold, southeast-flowing California Current forms the eastern segment of the returning branch of the…
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