Figure F11. Schematics of winter and summer horizontal circulation patterns near 50 m water depth together with the distributions of water masses and oceanic fronts (after Kondo, 1985). The 200 m isobath is also shown. YSCCW = Yellow Sea Central Cold Water, YSWC = Yellow Sea Warm Current, TSWC = Tsushima Warm Current, CRDW = Changjiang River Diluted Water, KBCWK = Kuroshio Branch Current west of Kyushu, KBCNT = Kuroshio Branch Current north of Taiwan, TWWC = Taiwan Warm Current.
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