The China Sea Directory. [With] (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Stream i Euro siwo ). The north-east trade drift current of the Pacific, which flows to the westward between the parallels of 9 N. and 20 N., on reaching the eastern shores of the Philippine islands is deflected to the northward, forming in latitude 21 N., between the meridian of 125 E. and the east coast of Formosa, the commencement of the great oceanic current known as the Kuro Siwo, or Japan stream, the limits and velocity of which are considerably influenced by the monsoons of the China sea and the prevailing winds in the Yellow and Japan seas.f During the north-east monsoon a part of the Pacific drift-current continues its course to the westward through the Bashee and Balintang channels, joining the monsoon drift current which sets strong to the south- westward at this season, through the Formosa channel and China sea.J During the south-west monsoon the drift-current which flows to the northward in the China sea and Formosa channel, joins the Kuro Siwo, and extends the western limit of its stream to a line joining the island of Tung- Ying (on the coast of China) to Tsu sima (in the Korea strait); this limit is very perceptible, the waters of the Japan stream being of a dark blue colour whilst that of the colder water is of a pale green, the difference in temperature of the two streams is also very marked. The main body of the Kuro Siwo is joined at this season by the monsoon. drift-current of the China sea, which also sets to the north-east through the Bashee and Balintang channels, and, being augmented in force, flows rapidly to the northward along the east coast of Formosa, passing between the north end of that island and the Meiaco sima group, as far as the parallel of 26 N., where it turns to the eastward and continues in a north-easterly direction to the westwa...