寒流(かんりゅう)

かんりゅう
noun
cold current; cold ocean current
naturegeography
1. cold current; cold ocean current
An ocean current that carries cold water from polar or high-latitude regions toward lower latitudes.
寒流(かんりゅう)が流(なが)れている海域(かいいき)は水温(すいおん)が低(ひく)い。
The water temperature is low in areas where cold currents flow.
親潮(おやしお)は日本(にほん)近海(きんかい)の代表的(だいひょうてき)な寒流(かんりゅう)だ。
The Oyashio Current is a representative cold current near Japan.
寒流(かんりゅう)と暖流(だんりゅう)がぶつかる場所(ばしょ)は、魚(さかな)が豊富(ほうふ)でよい漁場(ぎょじょう)になる。
Where cold and warm currents meet, fish are abundant, making for good fishing grounds.

寒流(かんりゅう) is a geography and oceanography term for a cold ocean current. Composed of 寒(かん) (cold) + 流(りゅう) (current, flow).

Similar words

  • 寒流(かんりゅう): cold current (from polar regions toward the equator)
  • 暖流(だんりゅう): warm current (from tropical regions toward the poles)

Japan-specific

  • 親潮(おやしお) (Oyashio): the major cold current off Japan's Pacific coast, flowing south from the north
  • 黒潮(くろしお) (Kuroshio): the major warm current off Japan
  • Where they meet (潮目(しおめ)) is one of the world's richest fishing grounds.

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Antonym: 暖流(だんりゅう) (warm current)
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Added 2026.3.10 9:14 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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