English: The North Equatorial Current (NEC) splits into the southward flowing Mindanao Current and the northward flowing Kuroshio Current. There are gyres on either side of the NEC and a weaker gyre in the South China Sea.
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Bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) into the Kuroshio and Mindanao currents. The anticyclonic gyre in the South China Sea is weaker than the (sub)tropical gyres.