Oyashio Current

cold subarctic ocean current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise in the western North Pacific Ocean
Place ocean_current Q58440
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Oyashio Current

Summary

Oyashio Current is an ocean current[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #15 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oyashio Current is located in Russia[3].
  • Oyashio Current is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Oyashio Current is in the country of Russia[5].
  • Oyashio Current is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[6].
  • Oyashio Current's image is recorded as Corrent d'Oyashio.png[7].
  • Oyashio Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[8].
  • Oyashio Current's Commons category is recorded as Ocean currents[9].
  • Oyashio Current's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50, 'lon': 157}[10].
  • Oyashio Current's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04l71_[11].
  • Oyashio Current's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Oya-Current[12].
  • Oyashio Current's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2122315[13].
  • Oyashio Current's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2976895[14].
  • Oyashio Current's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2125471[15].
  • Oyashio Current's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[16].
  • Oyashio Current's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3950387[17].
  • Oyashio Current's Mapy.com ID is recorded as area&id=512622[18].

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Geography

Country listings include Japan[4], a sovereign state[19], in Japan[20], founded in -0660[21] and Russia[5], a sovereign state[22], in Russia[23], founded in 1991[24]. Oyashio Current is located in Russia[3]. It is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[6].

Designation and Status

Oyashio Current's instance of is recorded as ocean current[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Oyashio Current include JDS Oyashio[25], a submarine[26], in Japan[27].

Why It Matters

Oyashio Current draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (ocean_current category, ranking #15 of 57).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include JDS Oyashio[25], a submarine[26], in Japan[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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