Shō River

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River communities

The river passes through or forms the boundary of the communities listed below. The area through which the river flows in Gifu is referred to as Shirakawa-gō, while the area in Toyama is referred to as Gokayama. Both areas are UNESCO World Heritage Sites because of their gasshō-zukuri houses.

Gifu Prefecture
Takayama, Shirakawa (Ōno District)
Toyama Prefecture
Nanto, Tonami, Takaoka, Imizu

Tributary

  • Toga River
  • Kotori River

Dams

The river is extensively developed for water storage, flood control and hydroelectric power generation. There are 16 major dams in the basin, seven of them are on tributaries. The major dams collectively have an installed power generation capacity of 926 MW. Six other small hydroelectric plants total 30.6 MW in installed capacity. The 22 hydroelectric power stations in the Shō River basin have an installed capacity of 956.6 MW. The 16 major dams are listed below in order from downstream to upstream.[1]

Toyama

  • Wadagawa DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 7.4 MW (on the tributary Wadagawa River in Tonami)
  • Shogawa Goguchi DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 23.4 MW
  • Komaki DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 90.2 MW
  • Toga DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 17.6 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
  • Soyama DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 128.1 MW
  • Senzoku DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 32.7 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
  • Togagawa DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 16.1 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
  • Ohara DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 97.6 MW
  • Akao DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 34 MW

Toyama/Gifu:

  • Narude DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 97 MW

Gifu:

  • Sakaigawa DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 27 MW (on the tributary Sakaigawa River)
  • Tsubawara DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 107 MW
  • Hatogaya DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall gravity dam, 43 MW
  • Oshirakawa DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall rock-fill dam, 66.3 MW (on the tributary Oshirakawa River)
  • Miboro DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall rock-fill dam, 256 MW
  • Okurodani DamScript error: No such module "convert". tall rock-fill dam, 21.2 MW (on the tributary Okurodani River)

References

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External links

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