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 ) is located on Honshu island on the coast of the Sea of 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 (æ¾æœ¬å¸‚) 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 (East Sea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. ... Niigata ) 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 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1. ...
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