Both ocean flow simulation and onsite single point measurement, indicate that the flow rate of the Taiwan Kuroshio is generally around 20–30 × 10 6 m 3 /s (or 20–30 sverdrup, Sv), which is about a hundred times greater than Brazilian Amazon River and a thousand times greater than the Yangtze River or the Mississippi River. By calculating the total energy with the flow velocity over 1 m ...