Yodo River

The Yodo (Japanese淀 川-gawa ) is a major river in Japan.

In Shiga Prefecture, he is (治, -gawa宇 川) and after its junction with the rivers Katsura (桂 川, -gawa ) and Kizu called Yodo as Seta (瀬 田 川-gawa ), in the prefecture of Kyoto as Uji. As the old underflow as Kyū - Yodo (旧 淀 川, -gawa, dt "old Yodo ", also: Ōkawa (大川, dt "Great River " ) ) is called, the current lower reaches of the Yodo is also known as Shin- Yodo (新 淀 川, -gawa, dt " new Yodo " ) referred.

Origin and Evolution

The Yodo is the only outlet of Lake Biwa. It originates from the lake in Shiga Prefecture on the southern part of Lake Biwa in Otsu Cities of the city, in the central-western region of the main Japanese island of Honshu. The Yodo then flows through the Kyoto Prefecture in a southeasterly direction and empties into the Bay of Osaka of the Seto Inland Sea an inland sea of the Pacific.

Importance

During the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) the Yodogawa was of great importance as the main route between the power centers of Kyoto and Osaka. Today, the Yodogawa is used by dams and hydroelectric power plants for energy. Currently, a district of Osaka is named after the Yodogawa: Yodogawa -ku.