North Pacific Current

Emergence definition

The North Pacific Current is a slow warm water current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean, driven by the interaction of energy with the particles that make up the water, resulting in a predictable and repeatable pattern of motion.

Historical origin

Origin word

North Pacific Current

Origin language

English

In other languages

• تيار الهادي الشمالي ar primary
• Nordpazifikstrom German primary
• North Pacific Current English primary
• Corriente del Pacífico Norte Spanish primary
• Courant du Pacifique nord French primary
• Corrente del Pacifico settentrionale it primary
• 北太平洋海流 ja primary
• 북태평양 해류 ko primary
• Северное Тихоокеанское течение ru primary
• 北太平洋洋流 zh primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

• Slow L3 (requires)
  Slow warm water current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean.
• Tsugaru Warm Current L3 (requires)
  tsugaru warm current is a core concept needed to understand north pacific current
• Water L3 (requires) Chemistry sense
  Slow warm water current that flows west-to-east between 30 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean.

Used by

• Davidson Current L5
• North Equatorial Current L5
• Aleutian Current L11
• California Current L11
• Cromwell Current L11