Watarase River
Watarase River | |
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Watarase River at Kiryu, Gunma | |
Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mount Sukai, Nikkō, Tochigi |
• elevation | 2,144 m (7,034 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Tone River |
• elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
Length | 106.7 km (66.3 mi) |
Basin size | 2,621 km2 (1,012 sq mi) |
The Watarase River (
Although the river currently discharges into the Tone River, its original route was via the Edo River into Tokyo Bay. Its route was changed as part of the massive land reclamation and flood control works undertaken by the Tokugawa shogunate in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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渡良瀬川 の概要 |国土 交通省 関東 地方 整備 局 渡良瀬川 河川 事務所 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) official page) (Retrieved on June 29, 2009)
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国土 交通省 関東 地方 整備 局 渡良瀬川 河川 事務所 (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan) official page)
36°09′15″N 139°41′48″E / 36.15417°N 139.69667°E (mouth)