The Shinano River (信濃川 Shinanogawa) is a river which flows from Nagano Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture in Japan. It is 367km long (longest in Japan) and has 11,900 km² watershed (third largest in Japan). It is called the Chikuma River (千曲川 Chikumagawa) in Nagano Prefecture. Nagano Prefecture (長野県; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Niigata Prefecture (新潟県; Niigata-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ...
The river rises from Mount Kobushi on the border of Saitama, Yamanashi and Nagano, and flows to the northwest and meets the Sai River from Matsumoto. Kawanakajima (川中島), the junction of the Chikuma and the Sai, is the historic site where the Battles of Kawanakajima broke out. It turns to the northeast and falls into the Sea of Japan at Niigata City. Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県; Saitama-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県 Yamanashi-ken) is located in the Chubu region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Nagano Prefecture (長野県; Nagano-ken) is located on Honshu island, Japan. ... Matsumoto (松本市) is a city located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. ... The Battles of Kawanakajima (川中島の戦い) were fought in the Sengoku Period of Japan between Takeda Shingen of Kai province and Uesugi Kenshin of Echigo province in the plain of Kawanakajima. ... The Sea of Japan (In South Korea, it is known as East Sea and in North Korea as East Sea of Korea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu and the Russian island of Sakhalin to the east... Niigata (新潟市; -shi) is the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ...
In 1922, the Ōkōzu Canal (大河津分水路 Ōkōzu Bunsuiro) was built to defend Niigata from floods. It enabled the Niigata Plains to be filled with rich rice fields. 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Species References ITIS 41975 2002-09-22 Rice (genus Oryza) is a plant of the grass family which is a dietary staple of more than half of the worlds human population. ...
The Shinano River flows from south to north in the middle of Tsumari Basin between Echigo-Tsumari's Uonuma Hills on the east and Higashikubiki Hills on the west.
Along its both sides spreads the river terraces, which was formed in the Pleistocene epoch (2 million to 10 thousands years ago) by the erosion of the river, the depression of the sea level and the elevation of the earth.
A mabu is a tunnel cut through the river's rocky banks to shortcut the river flow to turn the dried riverbed into new farmlands.
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