North Pacific current
North Pacific current Oceanic surface current in the N. Pacific that flows eastwards, as an extension of the Kuroshio current, towards California. It occupies a position in the N. Pacific similar to that in the Atlantic of the system comprising the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift.
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