Kushida River
Kushida River | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mount Takami |
• elevation | 1,249 m (4,098 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Ise Bay |
• coordinates | 34°36′19″N 136°34′18″E / 34.605334°N 136.571556°E |
Length | 85 km (53 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 461 km2 (178 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 16.7 m3/s (590 cu ft/s) |
The Kushida River (
The river's source is on Mount Takami, which stands on the border of Mie and Nara Prefectures. From the mountain, it then flows eastwards and passes through a number of dams before reaching its delta and flowing into Ise Bay.
Name
[edit]It is thought that the name of the river comes from an old legend about Yamatohime-no-Mikoto, the imperial princess of olden times who is said to have established Ise Grand Shrine.
According to the ancient book detailing her story, while being led by the supreme deity Amaterasu to the land of what is now Ise Grand Shrine, she dropped a comb ("kushi" in Japanese) somewhere along her journey. It is believed that the area where the comb was lost was then named kushida (literally meaning "comb field"). It could be said that the river gained its name from the fact that it flows through this small kushida region, which is on the eastern edge of Matsusaka near the border with Meiwa.