Kamchatka Current

Pacific Ocean current

The Kamchatka Current is a cold-water current flowing southwestward in the Bering Sea, along the Siberian Kamchatka Peninsula. It receives water from the Bering Slope Current.[1] A portion of this current then becomes the Oyashio Current while the remainder joins the warmer North Pacific Current.

See also

  • Ocean current – Directional mass flow of oceanic water generated by external or internal forces
  • Ocean gyre – Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents
  • Physical oceanography – Study of physical conditions and processes within the ocean

References

  1. ^ "Surface circulation of the Bering Sea (schematically)".
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