North Korea Cold Current

The North Korea Cold Current (NKCC) is a cold water oceanic current in the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) that flows southward from near Vladivostok along the coastline of the eastern Korean Peninsula. It is a branch of the Liman Current from the Sea of Okhotsk and has a flow rate of about a half knot. The NKCC meets the northward flowing East Korean Warm Current at latitude 37–38° N, causing the flow to separate from the peninsula.^[1] At about latitude 40° N, the NKCC meets the Tsushima Warm Current.^[2]

The East Korea Warm Current separates from the Tsushima current (4) in a ∩ shape, while the North Korea Cold Current moves eastward to the north of it.as a branch of Liman Current(8).

References

1. Brink, Kenneth H.; Robinson, Allan R. (2005). The Global Coastal Ocean: Regional Studies and Syntheses. The Sea: Ideas and Observations on Progress in the Study of the Seas. Vol. 11. Harvard University Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-674-01741-2. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
2. McFarlane, Gordon A.; et al. (2009). "Contrast in life histories of exploited fishes and ecosystem structures in coastal waters off west Canada and east Korea". Ocean Science Journal. 44 (1): 43–60. doi:10.1007/s12601-009-0006-3. S2CID 85087709.