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cold current; cold ocean current
An ocean current that carries cold water from polar or high-latitude regions toward lower latitudes.
寒流が流れている海域は水温が低い。
The water temperature is low in areas where cold currents flow.
親潮は日本近海の代表的な寒流だ。
The Oyashio Current is a representative cold current near Japan.
寒流と暖流がぶつかる場所は、魚が豊富でよい漁場になる。
Where cold and warm currents meet, fish are abundant, making for good fishing grounds.
寒流 is a geography and oceanography term for a cold ocean current. Composed of 寒 (cold) + 流 (current, flow).
CONTRAST:
- 寒流: cold current (from polar regions toward the equator)
- 暖流: warm current (from tropical regions toward the poles)
JAPAN-SPECIFIC:
- 親潮 (Oyashio): the major cold current off Japan's Pacific coast, flowing south from the north
- 黒潮 (Kuroshio): the major warm current off Japan
- Where they meet (潮目) is one of the world's richest fishing grounds.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 寒流の影響: the influence of cold currents
- 寒流が流れる: a cold current flows
- 寒流と暖流がぶつかる: cold and warm currents collide