Gulf Stream

Japanese: 湾流 - わんりゅう

The Gulf Stream, also known as the Gulf of Mexico, is an ocean current that flows almost northeastward along the western edge of the North Atlantic Ocean. In the narrowest sense, it begins on the east coast of the United States, where the Florida Current leaves the North American coast off the coast of North Carolina, off the coast of Cape Hatteras, and extends to the area off the coast of Newfoundland where it transitions into the North Atlantic Current. In the broadest sense, it includes the Florida Current that flows north from the Gulf of Mexico through the Straits of Florida along the east coast of the United States, the Antilles Current that flows north from the North Equatorial Current east of the Antilles Islands and joins the Florida Current, and the North Atlantic Current, but in this case it is often called the Gulf Stream system. It is a powerful ocean current comparable to the Kuroshio Current in the Pacific Ocean, with a narrow zone of strong currents of 4 to 5 knots, and an estimated flow rate of 80 million tons per second. It is a warm current that originates from the North and South Equatorial Currents and receives hot, saline water from the Central North Atlantic Water (Sargasso Sea), transporting enormous amounts of heat and water from as far west as Britain to the Arctic Ocean, playing a major role in warming Europe's climate.
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Japanese:

ガルフ・ストリームGulf Streamといい，メキシコ湾流とも。北大西洋の西端をほぼ北東方に流れる海流。狭義には米国東岸，ノース・カロライナ州のハタラス岬沖合でフロリダ海流が北米沿岸を離れるところから始まり，ニューファンドランド沖合で北大西洋海流に移行するあたりまで。広義にはメキシコ湾からフロリダ海峡を抜けて米国東岸に沿って北上するフロリダ海流，北赤道海流がアンティル諸島の東方で北流してフロリダ海流に合流するアンティル海流，および北大西洋海流を含めるが，この場合には湾流系と呼ぶことが多い。太平洋における黒潮に匹敵する強大な海流で，幅のせまい４〜５ノットの強流帯があり，流量は毎秒8000万tと推測される。暖流で，南・北赤道海流を源流とし，北大西洋中央水（サルガッソー海水）からも高温・高塩分の水が流入しており，膨大な熱量と水量を遠く英国西方から北極海まで運び，ヨーロッパの気候の温暖化に大きな役割を果たしている。
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