Oyashio Current

Cold subarctic ocean current in the Pacific Ocean

The Oyashio Current , also known as the Okhotsk Current or Kurile Current, is a cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean. The waters of the Oyashio Current originate in the Arctic Ocean and flow southward via the Bering Sea, passing through the Bering Strait and transporting cold water from the Arctic Sea into the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk. It collides with the Kuroshio Current off the eastern shore of Japan to form the North Pacific Current . The nutrient-rich Oyashio is named for its metaphorical role as the parent that provides for and nurtures marine organisms.

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