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A swift, intense current flowing northeastward off the coasts of China and Japan in the upper waters of the North Pacific Ocean. The Kuroshio is the...


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Figure 1.General surface circulation of the North Pacific Ocean. (Adapted from Fig. 2.17 in J. R. Apfel, Principles of Ocean Physics, Academic Press, 1987)
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Figure 2.Flow path of the Kuroshio and Kuroshio extension. Broken lines show the alternative "large-meander" path south of Japan. Smaller arrows show other flows described in the text. (After Y. G. Guo, The Kuroshio, Part II, Oceanog. Mar. Bio. Annu. Rev., 29:155–189, 1991)
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