Natori River

Coordinates: 38°8′N 140°26′E / 38.133°N 140.433°E / 38.133; 140.433

The Natori River is a river in the northeastern part of Japan.[1] The river's headwaters start in the Zao Mountain range, it flows through the Sendai Plain and ends by draining into Sendai Bay.[1] The river's estuary is located on Japan's east coast, and faces the Pacific Ocean.[2] The river's flow is the greatest during the snow melt season from March – April, the rainy season from June – July and during the typhoon season from September – October.[3] The river's length is 55 km, and its tributaries are the Hirose, Masuda and Goishi Rivers.[3] The Natori provides water for 1 million people in Sendai.[3]

Basin

The river's basin has two primary reservoirs, the Okura dam reservoir and the Kamafusa Dam reservoir, both of which serve as regulators of flood control and for the supply of water.[3] In the event of the river flooding, the dams serve to control and reduce water flow to lower basins.[3]

Natori-gawa river system

The river exists within the Natori-gawa river system, which exists between the coordinates N 38° 08' to 38° 37' and E 140° 26' to 140° 58.[3] The overall Natori-gawa river system's area is 939 km2[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 GIS and Remote Sensing in Hydrology, Water Resources and Environment - Google Books
  2. ↑ Hariat, Feril (et al.) (2012). "Morphological Change After the Tsunami Around Natori River Mouth" (PDF). The Disaster Control Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University. Retrieved September 23, 2012. * Utamakura, Allusion, and Intertextuality in Traditional Japanese Poetry - Professor Edward Kamens - Google Books
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Natori-gawa" (PDF). Innovative Disaster Prevention Technology and Policy Research Lab, Disaster Management for Safe and Secure Society Research Division, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. Retrieved September 23, 2012.

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