Kamchatka 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.
The Kamchatka Current forms the western edge of the much larger Bering Sea basin gyre. The other side (on the east) is made up of the Bering Slope Current. The two currents form the two forces that spin the gyre anticlockwise. [2]
See also
[edit]- Ocean current – Directional mass flow of oceanic water
- Ocean gyre – Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents
- Physical oceanography – Study of physical conditions and processes within the ocean
References
[edit]- ↑ "Surface circulation of the Bering Sea (schematically)".
- ↑ Stabeno, P. J.; Schumacher, J. D.; Ohtani, K. (1999). "The physical oceanography of the Bering Sea". In Loughlin, Thomas R.; Ohtani, Kiyotaka (eds.). [(https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/outstand/stab1878/stab1878.shtml) Dynamics of the Bering Sea: A Summary of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Characteristics]. University of Alaska Sea Grant. pp. 1–28.
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