Important Rivers Flashcards
Ishikari River
Central Hokkaido
Oirase River
Aomori
Kitakami River
Iwate into Miyagi. The Kitakami is Tohoku’s longest and Japan’s fourth longest river, it flows through mostly rural areas of Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures. The source of the river is the Mount Nanashigure in northern Iwate, from which it flows to the south between the Kitakami Mountains and the Ōu Mountains.It is important both as a source of pure water for brewers and as an important means of transportation during the Edo period.
Abukuma River
Southern Miyagi into Fukushima. More important in relation the Fukushima as the key source of water in the prefecture.
Yoneshiro River
Akita, underground hard water.
Mogami River
Yamagata - the Mogami “Mother” River is critically important. The river is sourced in part by the Dewasansan Mountains (among others) and feeds the Shonai Plain. It empties into the Sea of Japan at Sakata and was a key part of Tohoku’s transportation network.
Kuji River
Naka River
Kinu River
Tone River
The four key rivers in Ibaraki, listed from north to south. Mostly soft groundwater. Key sources of water for the start of the Kanto Plain.
The Tone and the Naka also stretch into Tochigi.
Tone River
VERY IMPORTANT: a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is nicknamed Bandō Tarō (坂東太郎); Bandō is an obsolete alias of the Kantō Region, and Tarō is a popular given name for an oldest son. It is regarded as one of the “Three Greatest Rivers” of Japan, the others being the Yoshino in Shikoku and the Chikugo in Kyūshū. It forms border with northern part of Chiba. Merchants would use the river to send goods down to Edo, connects with Edogawa.
Shinano River
Niigata - this is the longest river in Japan and an important source of water for brewers in Niigata. It starts in the north as the Chikuma River and flows northeast through Nagano and Niigata before draining into the Sea of Japan at Niigata City. The Shinano River also feeds the Echigo Plain, which is an important area for rice cultivation.
Kurobe River
Located primarily in Toyama. The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe Gorge. It comes out of the mountains at Unazuki and forms an alluvial fan which directly sinks into the Sea of Japan.
Tedori River
In southern Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region. The river originates on Hakusan, the highest peak in the Hakusan National Park on the border between Ishikawa and Gifu Prefecture, and flows in a generally northern direction to the Sea of Japan.
Famous for Hyakunensui (百年水), 100 year water, collects lots of mineral content. Medium hard water, great for Yamahai.
