Shōnai (river)

Shōnai Shōnai-gawa, Toki-gawa, Tamano-gawa
The Shōnai-gawa in Nagoya, with the skyscraper The Scene Johoku in the background.
Data
location	Japan
River system	Shonai
source	Yūdachi-yama 35 ° 24 ′ 7 ″  N , 137 ° 23 ′ 32 ″  E
muzzle	Ise Bay Coordinates: 35 ° 5 ′ 5 "  N , 136 ° 50 ′ 40"  E 35 ° 5 ′ 5 "  N , 136 ° 50 ′ 40"  E
length	96 km
Catchment area	1010 km²
Residents in the catchment area	2,500,000

The Shōnai-gawa ( Japanese 庄内 川 ) is a river with a length of 96 km, which flows through the Japanese prefectures of Gifu and Aichi and flows into the Ise Bay . It is an order 1 river .

Names

In Gifu Prefecture, the Shōnai-gawa is also known as Toki-gawa ( 土 岐 川 ). It is sometimes referred to as Tamano-gawa ( 玉 玉 川 ) in and around Kasugai in Aichi Prefecture .

geography

The Shōnai-gawa has many sources, but the 727 m high Yūdachi-yama ( 夕 立 山 ) in Ena (Gifu) is mostly accepted as a source. The river flows through the valley basins of Mizunami , Toki and Tajimi , flows through the Tamano Gorge on the border between the prefectures of Aichi and Gifu and then flows into the Nōbi plain . In the Minato-ku district of Nagoya, the Shōnai-gawa finally flows into the Ise Bay, only separated from the Shinkawa River by a sandbank.

Course of the river

The Shōnai-gawa flows through the following places:

• Gifu Prefecture:
  • Ena
  • Mizunami
  • Toki
  • Tajimi
• Aichi Prefecture:
  • Seto
  • Kasugai
  • Nagoya ( Moriyama , Kita , Nishi Boroughs )
  • Kiyosu
  • Nagoya ( Nakamura Ward )
  • Ama
  • Ōharu (Ama County)
  • Nagoya ( Nakagawa Boroughs , Minato )

Web links

Commons : Shōnai River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 庄内 川 水系 の 河川 . Nagoya, accessed September 20, 2014 (Japanese).