ÅŒta River

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The Ōta (太 田 川Japanese, Ōta -gawa ) is a river in Japan.

The 103 km long river originates from the 1339 m high Kanmuri -yama (冠 山, literally Kronberg ).

As the most important river of Hiroshima Prefecture, he drained by numerous tributaries in the upper reaches an area of ​​1710 km ². It can be used by several hydroelectric power plants By its favorable gradient. On his way through the prefecture, it flows through the cities Kita Hiroshima, Akiota, Akitakata and Higashihiroshima, before flowing in the field of Hiroshima in the Seto Inland Sea. In Asakita -ku district, he joins with the rivers Tone and Misasa.

Within Hiroshima he splits first into the main arm Ōta drainage channel (太 田 川 放水 路, Ōta -gawa hōsuiro ) and the tributary age Ōta (旧 太 田 川, Kyū - Ōta -gawa ), also Honkawa (本 川, " main river " ) called on, and the latter then in the three arms Tenma (天 満 川, -gawa ), Motoyasu (元 安川, -gawa ) and Kyobashi (京 桥 川, -gawa ) of the then again the enko (猿猴 川, - gawa ) branches. Therefore, the delta has 6 arms. The plane in which Hiroshima is located, was filled by the Ōta.

On Shiwaki, a tributary of the Ōta, is the famous, 16 -kilometer-long three-stage Gorge ( Sandan - kyō ).