Chapter Seventy-Three: The Cause of the Black Tide

Seeing this, Jiang Liu'er couldn't help but chuckle in her heart.

He knew that if there was really someone, it would probably only be from Xu Fudongdu's boat.

The chances of drifting through other factors such as ocean currents are much smaller, not to mention that there are carnivores such as sharks.

And he once learned in geography class that on earth, there are two main ocean currents that pass through the Japanese archipelago, one is the Japanese warm current and the other is the Kuril cold current.

The Japanese Warm Current is also known as the "Kuroshio". It is a northward branch of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific Ocean after meeting the continent, and is a part of the Pacific Ocean Current, which is the second largest ocean current in the world.

It originates in the sea area east of Luzon Island in the Philippine Islands, flows through the Taiwan area, and meets the North Pacific Current east of Japan. It is a world-famous warm current. Its characteristics are: high temperature, high salt, high water color and large transparency.

There are three factors in its formation: 1. The warm current of the north equator meets the continent and deflects northward. 2. The blowing of the ocean wind in summer and the blowing of the southwest wind formed by the southeast trade wind crossing the equator. 3. The influence of geostrophic deflection force.

The main stream of the Kuroshio Current, near 35 degrees north latitude, turns to the east, and another branch continues to flow northeast, where it joins the cold tidal current that flows southward to form the Northwest Pacific Fishing Grounds.

The Japan Warm Current is the backbone of the entire East China Sea circulation and has a significant impact on the hydrometeorological conditions of the region.

The Kuroshio Current, which is part of the Pacific Current, is the second largest current in the world, after the Gulf Stream.

Starting from the Philippines, it flows northeastward along Japan through the waters east of Taiwan, and joins the eastward North Pacific Current after meeting the tidal current.

The Kuroshio Current brings warm water from the tropics to the cold Arctic seas, warming the icy polar waters to a temperature suitable for life.

The Kuroshio Current, so named because it is darker than other normal seawaters, because it contains fewer impurities, and sunlight penetrates the surface of the water and is less reflected back to the surface.

The Kuroshio Current's rapid flow is like a highway, providing a quick and easy path for refluxing fish to travel north, so that a considerable number of migratory fish can be caught in the Kuroshio Current, as well as other large fish attracted to feed by these fish.

The speed of the Kuroshio current is about 100 to 200 centimeters per second, the thickness is about 500 to 1,000 meters, and the width is about 200 kilometers. The seawater flow off the coast of Shikoku Shikoku has been measured at 65 million cubic meters per second, about 360 times that of the Amazon River, the world's largest flow.

The average annual water temperature for the Kuroshio is about 24 to 26 degrees Celsius, 18 to 24 degrees Celsius in winter, and 22 to 30 degrees Celsius in summer.

The Kuroshio Current is also 7 to 10 degrees higher than the nearby Yellow Sea, and can be 20 degrees higher in winter. The main stream of the Kuroshio does not flow along the continental margin of East Asia, but along the East Asian island arc, so the impact of the Kuroshio on the island arc is also more significant than that of the mainland. However, the tributaries of the Kuroshio Current, which extend deep into the marginal seas of the East Asian continent, also have a certain impact on the continental region.

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However, if you think about it, the chances of someone drifting to the Sea of Japan through the Kuroshio are very small, if it is not the body of the aborigines, it is probably one of Xu Fu's group.

He clearly remembered that when the Dragon Shark attacked in the East China Sea, the flagship of the Qin Empire's Lou Ship Fleet was torn to pieces, many people fell into the water, and they were swallowed into their stomachs, maybe these corpses floated over like this.