Jinzū River
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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a river that flows from Gifu Prefecture to Toyama Prefecture in Japan. The upper reaches of the river in Gifu are called the Miya River. It is Script error: No such module "convert". in length and has a watershed of Script error: No such module "convert"..
Etymology
The official name for the river is "Jinzu Gawa" (written じんづうがわ (Jinzū-gawa or Jindzū-gawa)) according to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and Japan Coast Guard.[1] However, the pronunciation of the name has variations, including じんずうがわ (Jinzū-gawa) and じんつうがわ (Jintsū-gawa).[2][3]
Geography and development
The Jinzū River flows from a source at Script error: No such module "convert". on the slopes of Mount Kaore in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture and meets the Takahara River at the border between Gifu and Toyama Prefectures.[4] The upper reaches of the river in Gifu Prefecture are also called the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[4] From the border it flows generally north and empties into Toyama Bay on the Sea of Japan.[4] It's drainage basin covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
It once meandered through the city of Toyama, but the new waterway was constructed in the west of the city to avoid floods. Toyama City Hall and other governments are located on the reclaimed land of the old river.
Municipalities
- Toyama Prefecture
- Toyama (city)
Tributaries
- Ida River
- Kumano River
- Nagamune River
- Takahara River
Pollution
The river was polluted with cadmium due to mining and caused the itai-itai disease in the downstream towns around World War II.[5]
Legacy
The Japanese Navy cruiser Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was named after this river.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Gazetteer of Japan 2021", p.29.
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- ↑ a b c d "Overview of the basin and rivers of the Jinzū River system" (2008), p.1.
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Works cited
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