黒潮とは？
黒潮（日本海流とも呼ばれます）の名称はその青黒い水の色に由来し、東シナ海から日本の太平洋岸に沿って北に流れます。移動する水量では世界最大の海流と考えられており、幅は70キロから100キロに及びます。暖流である黒潮は、四国南岸の温暖な気候と、その沖合の海に生息する海洋生物の多様性のどちらももたらします。
Title What Is the Kuroshio?
- Kochi
- Topic(s)：
- Nature/Ecology National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
- Medium/Media of Use：
- Interpretive Sign
- Text Length：
- ≤250 Words
- FY Prepared：
- 2019
- Associated Tourism Board：
- Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park
- Associated Address：
- 2610 Hiromi, Otsuki-cho Hata-gun , Kochi
English
What Is the Kuroshio?
The Kuroshio, or “Black Current” (also called the Japan Current) named for its deep, dark blue waters, flows north from the East China Sea along the Pacific coast of Japan. It is considered the largest ocean current in the world by volume of water moved, and is between 70 and 100 kilometers wide. The warm Kuroshio is responsible both for the mild climate along the southern coast of Shikoku and the diversity of marine life in the waters off this coast.
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