Kamchatka Current

The Kamchatka Current is a cold-water current flowing south-westward from the Bering Strait, along the Siberian Pacific coast and the Kamchatka Peninsula. A portion of this current then becomes the Oyashio Current while the remainder joins the warmer North Pacific Current.

See also

• Ocean current
• Oceanic gyres
• Physical oceanography

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