Caribbean Current

Japanese: カリブ海流 - かりぶかいりゅう
Caribbean Current

…The temperature is about 25-28°C in the south of the Caribbean Sea and 23-28°C in the north throughout the year. The typical ocean current is the North Equatorial Current or the Guyana Current, which flows in from the Atlantic Ocean, and is also called the Caribbean Current. It flows almost parallel to the South American continent and heads westward at approximately 13° north latitude, with a surface current speed of about 1 knot. …

*Some of the terms mentioned in the Caribbean Current are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…気温は年間を通じカリブ海の南では25~28℃,北では23~28℃くらいである。 海流は北赤道海流あるいはガイアナ海流の一部が大西洋より入り込むものが代表的でカリブ海流ともいう。ほとんど南米大陸に平行にほぼ北緯13゜付近を西に向かい,流速は表面で1ノット内外である。…

※「カリブ海流」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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