| KURO
SIVO or KURO SIWO
or KURO SHIO (literally
blue salt), a stream current in the Pacific
Ocean, easily distinguishable by the warm temperature and blue color of
its waters, flowing ncrtheastwards along the east coast of Japan, and
separated from it by a strip of cold water. The current persists as a
stream to about 40 N., between the meridians of 150 E. and 160 E., when
it merges in the general easterly drift of the North Pacific. The Kuro
Siwo is the analogue of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic. Both currents
are essential to Oceans "health" |