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The Kamchatka Current is a cold-water current flowing southwestward in the Bering Sea, along the Siberian Kamchatka Peninsula. It receives water from the Bering Slope Current. A portion of this current then becomes the Oyashio Current while the remainder joins the warmer North Pacific Current.

See also

• Ocean current – Directional mass flow of oceanic water
• Ocean gyre – Any large system of circulating ocean surface currents
• Physical oceanography – Study of physical conditions and processes within the ocean

References

1. "Surface circulation of the Bering Sea (schematically)".

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