Kuroshio Current

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Ku·ro·shi·o Current (k

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See Japan Current.

Kuroshio Current (k

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See Japan Current.

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

Japan current, Kuroshio

ocean current - the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction

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Japan Current Kuroshio ocean current			Western boundary currents such as the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio Current, and their associated warm-core rings, meanders, and streamers provide physical mechanisms responsible for the pole-ward transport of many warm-water species (Craddock et al. A comparison between warm-water fish assemblages of Narragansett Bay ... by Wood, Abby Jane M.; Collie, Jeremy S.; Hare, Jonathan A. / Fishery Bulletin He explained how the Kuroshio Current, which normally gifts the island with tropical waters year-round, had been pushed away by a low-pressure system leaving behind unusually chilly waters. Tokyo's secret scuba: the best dive this side of Izu by Noorbakhsh, Sarah / Japan Inc. The Kuroshio Current in the northwest Pacific and the Agulhas Current in the southwest Indian Ocean are also famous for mode-water creation. The hunt for 18[degrees] water: oceanographers examine "mode waters" ... by Carlowicz, Mike / Oceanus			Kura Kura River kurakkan Kurashiki kurchatovium kurchee kurchi Kurd kurdaitcha kurdaitcha shoes Kurdish Kurdistan Kurdistan Labor Pary Kurdistan Workers Party Kure Kurgan kuri kuri-chiku Kuril Islands Kurilian Kurland Kurnool Kuro-Siwo Kurosawa Kuroshio Kuroshio Current kurrajong kurrat kursaal Kursk Kurt Godel Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Waldheim Kurt Weill kurta kurtosis kuru Kurume kurus Kurux Kurzeme Kusan Kush Kushiro Kushner Kusimanse Kuskokwim Kuskus Kussier Kussmaul's coma Kutaisi			Kurochkin, Nikolai Kurochkin, Nikolai Stepanovich Kurochkin, Pavel Kurochkin, Pavel Alekseevich Kurochkin, Vasilii Kurochkin, Vasilii Stepanovich Kurochkin, Vladimir Kurochkin, Vladimir Akimovich Kuroi ame Kuroi Kiri Kurokawa, Noriaki Kuromatsu Kuronbo Hunters of Hawaii Kuropatkin, Aleksei Kuropatkin, Aleksei Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, Aleksey Kuropatkin, Aleksey Nikolayevich Kurort-Darasun Kurosawa Kurosawa Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Piano Music Foundation Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kuroshio Kuroshio Kuroshio Countercurrent Kuroshio Current Kuroshio extension Kuroshio Extension Observatory Kuroshio Extension Region Experiment Kuroshio Extension System Study Kuroshio system Kurovskoe Kurovskoi Kurpinski, Karol Kazimierz Kurrachee Kurrachee kurrajong kurrajong kurrajong Kurrajong Early Intervention Service kurrajongs kurrajongs kurrajongs kurrat KURRI Kurri Sand Swamp Woodland Kurs Buchwert Verhältnis Kurs Szybkiego Pisania na Klawiaturze Kurs Umsatz Verhältnis Kurs-Gewinn-Verhältnis Kursaal kursaals Kursanov, Andrei Kursanov, Andrei Lvovich Kursanov, Dmitrii

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