Kuro Siwo
KURO SIWO, or KURO Smo (literally blue salt), a stream current in the Pacific Ocean, easily distinguishable by the warm temperature and blue colour of its waters, flowing northeastwards along the east coast of Japan, and separated from it by a strip of cold water. The current persists as a stream to about 40 N., between the meridians of 150 E. and 160 E., when it merges in the general easterly drift of the North Pacific. The Kuro Siwo is the analogue of the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
