Arakawa River

View of the River

The Arakawa (Japanese荒 川, German wild river ) is a river on the main Japanese island of Honshu. It is 173 km long and has a catchment area of ​​2940 km ².

Geography

It flows initially as a mountain river from the mountain Kobushi north-east until it turns into the city Kumagaya to the southeast. He now runs through the southern part of the Kanto plain. In the city Toda Arakawa forms the border between the Saitama Prefecture of Tokyo Prefecture. In Kita branches at the Iwabuchi sluice of him from the Sumida. It flows into Tokyo Bay.

Today's lower reaches of the Arakawa was completed in 1930 as Arakawa hōsuiro ( " Arakawa drainage channel"), and before that he ran through today's Sumida. Until the 17th century, when the Tokugawa could redirect the main stream of the clays to the east, the Arakawa flowed through today's Moto - Arakawa in the clays.

Course of the river

The Arakawa flows through the following places:

  • Saitama Prefecture: Chichibu
  • County Chichibu Minano
  • Nagatoro
  • Yorii
  • Kita
  • Adachi
  • Katsushika
  • Sumida
  • Edogawa
Kumagaya, Saitama Toda (Saitama) Kita, Tokyo Chichibu, Saitama Minano (Saitama) Nagatoro (Saitama) Kitamoto, Saitama Okegawa, Saitama Saitama, Saitama Adachi, Tokyo Katsushika, Tokyo Sumida, Tokyo Edogawa, Tokyo
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