The Kuroshio Current is an An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earths oceans. ...ocean current found in the western The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. ...Pacific Ocean off the east coast of For the political entity commonly known as Taiwan, see Republic of China. ...Taiwan and flowing northeastward past Official language Japanese Capital Tokyo Largest City Tokyo Emperor Akihito Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Area  _ Total  _ % water Ranked 60th 377,835 km² 0. ...Japan, where it merges with the easterly drift of the North Pacific Current. It is analogous to the For the album by Ocean Colour Scene, see North Atlantic Drift (album) The Gulf Stream is orange and yellow in this representation of water temperatures of the Atlantic. ...Gulf Stream in the The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second_largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ...Atlantic Ocean, transporting warm, tropical water northward towards the Earths polar regions are the areas of the globe surrounding the poles, north of the Arctic circle, or south of the Antarctic Circle. ...polar region. It's also sometimes known as the "Black Stream"—, the English translation of kuroshio, and an allusion to the deep blue of its water.

Its northern counterpart is the North Pacific Current.

Its eastern counterpart is the California Current.

Its southern counterpart is the North Equatorial Current.

The warm waters of the Kuroshio Current sustain the Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef. ...coral reefs of Japan, the northernmost coral reefs in the world.