Shizukuishi River
Shizukuishi River looking northeast from the Morioka Chuo Bridge
Native name雫石川 (Japanese)
Location
CountryJapan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Akita-Komagatake
 • elevation1,637 m (5,371 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Kitakami River
 • coordinates
39°41′40″N 141°08′40″E / 39.69444°N 141.14444°E / 39.69444; 141.14444
Length33.2 km (20.6 mi)
Basin size168 km2 (65 sq mi)
Shizukuishi and Kakkonda Rivers with the Gosho Dam and Reservoir

The Shizukuishi River (雫石川, Shizukuishigawa) is a river in Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū in Japan.[1] The river is 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) long and has a watershed of 168 square kilometres (65 sq mi). In middle course of the river is the Shizukuishi Basin, occupied by the Yuguchi lake deposits from the Late Miocene.[2]

The Shizukuishi River rises in the Ōu Mountains just south of Mount Akita-Komagatake in the town of Shizukuishi and empties into the Kitakami River in the city of Morioka. The Gosho Dam is situated on the Shizukuishi River in western Morioka. This dam was completed in 1981. The entire length of the river is home to many renowned hot springs.

References

  1. ↑ 小項目事典,デジタル大辞泉, 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ),ブリタニカ国際大百科事典. "雫石川(しずくいしがわ)とは？ 意味や使い方". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Daigaku, Tōhoku (1960). The Science Reports: (Geology).. Special vol. Second series. p. 239.

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