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Rivers of Japan are characterized by their relatively short lengths and considerably steep gradients due to the narrow and mountainous topography of the country. An often-cited quote is 'this is not a river, but a waterfall' by the Dutch engineer ( o-yatoi gaikokujin ) Johannis de Rijke who had visited the Jōganji River , Toyama Prefecture .
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; ... Pages in category "Rivers of Japan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 231 total.
Class A river system (一級水系, Ikkyū suikei) is a designation applied to rivers systems deemed to be important to the economy of the nation as a whole, as well as those deemed important to the conservation of nature within Japan. There are currently 109 river systems with this designation.
Shibetsu River (標津川, Shibetsu Gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. It originates from Mount Shibetsu and flows through Nakashibetsu and Shibetsu into the Sea of Okhotsk . [ 1 ]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of Japan. It includes rivers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
The Choshi River (銚子川 Choshi-gawa) is a minor river that flows through Mie Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 2 river by the Japanese government. It is one of clearest rivers of Japan with visibility to three meters depth.
The Tone River (利根川, Tone-gawa) is a river in the Kantō region of Japan. It is 322 kilometers (200 mi) in length (the second longest in Japan after the Shinano River ) and has a drainage area of 16,840 square kilometers (6,500 sq mi) (the largest in Japan).
The Katsura River (桂川, Katsura-gawa) is a continuation of two other rivers, the Hozu River, a small, speedy river which begins in the mountains near Kameoka and then slithers through the mountains separating Kameoka and Kyoto; and the Ōi River (大堰川 Ōi-gawa), which emerges from those mountains and expands into a shallow, slow-flowing river until Togetsukyo Bridge in Arashiyama. [1]