Turning eastward at about 45°N, the Kuroshio forks and some water moves northward as the Aleutian Current, while the rest turns southward to rejoin the North Equatorial Current."Kuroshio", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 June 2013. The Aleutian Current branches as it approaches North America and forms the base of a counter-clockwise circulation in the Bering Sea. Its southern arm becomes the chilled slow, south-flowing California Current."Aleutian Current", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 June 2013. The South Equatorial Current, flowing west along the equator, swings southward east of New Guinea, turns east at about 50°S, and joins the main westerly circulation of the South Pacific, which includes the Earth-circling Antarctic Circumpolar Current. As it approaches the Chilean coast, the South Equatorial Current divides; one branch flows around Cape Horn and the other turns north to form the Peru or Humboldt Current."South Equatorial Current", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
Turning eastward at about 45°N, the Kuroshio forks and some water moves northward as the Aleutian Current, while the rest turns southward to rejoin the North Equatorial Current."Kuroshio", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 June 2013. The Aleutian Current branches as it approaches North America and forms the base of a counter-clockwise circulation in the Bering Sea. Its southern arm becomes the chilled slow, south-flowing California Current."Aleutian Current", Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 June 2013. The South Equatorial Current, flowing west along the equator, swings southward east of New Guinea, turns east at. about 50°S, and joins the main westerly circulation of the South Pacific, which includes the Earth-circling Antarctic Circumpolar Current. As it approaches the Chilean coast, the South Equatorial Current divides; one branch flows around Cape Horn and the other turns north to form the Peru or Humboldt Current."South Equatorial Current", Encyclopædia Britannica Retrieved 9 June 2013.