Nagara (river)

Nagara
The Nagara at Gifu
Data
location	Japan . Prefectures Aichi , Gifu and Mie
River system	Kiso
source	On the Dainichigatake mountain
muzzle	Ise Bay Coordinates: 35 ° 1 ′ 35 "  N , 136 ° 43 ′ 5"  E 35 ° 1 ′ 35 "  N , 136 ° 43 ′ 5"  E
Mouth height	0  m
length	166 km
Catchment area	1985 km²

The Nagara ( Japanese 長 良 川 , Nagara-gawa ) is a river on the Japanese main island of Honshū . It is 166 km long and has a catchment area of 1,985 km².

In 2020, the Etsumi-nan line will still run through the valley, while the parallel Minomachi line was shut down in 2005.

Course of the river

The Nagara flows through the following places:

• Gifu Prefecture:
  • Gujō
  • Mino (Gifu)
  • Seki (Gifu)
  • Gifu
  • Hashima
  • Mizuho (Gifu)
  • Ōgaki
  • Kaizu
• Aichi Prefecture:
  • Aisai
• Mie Prefecture:
  • Kuwana

literature

• Akihisa Yoshikoshi: Comparative Research on the Hydrological Characteristics of some British and Japanese Drainage Basins. In: John Sargent & Richard Wiltshire (Eds.): Geographical Studies & Japan . Japan Library, Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent 1993, ISBN 1-873410-15-8 . , Pp. 89-94.

Web links

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