Mu River (Hokkaidō)
| Mu River 鵡川 | |
|---|---|
.jpg/1280px-Mu_River_(Hokkaid%C5%8D).jpg) Red and Blue Boulder Gorge (赤岩青巌峡, Aka-iwa-sei-gan-kyō) in Shimukappu (July 2000) | |
| Native name | Mu-kawa (Japanese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| State | Hokkaido |
| Region | Iburi, Kamikawa |
| District | Yūfutsu |
| Municipalities | Mukawa, Shimukappu |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Karifuri |
| • location | Shimukappu, Hokkaido, Japan |
| • coordinates | 43°1′41″N 142°41′4″E / 43.02806°N 142.68444°E / 43.02806; 142.68444 |
| • elevation | 740 m (2,430 ft) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan |
• coordinates | 42°33′45″N 141°55′1″E / 42.56250°N 141.91694°E / 42.56250; 141.91694 |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 135 km (84 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,270 km2 (490 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 50.44 m3/s (1,781 cu ft/s) |
Mu River (鵡川, Mu-kawa) is a river in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in Kamikawa and Iburi subprefectures, it is one of 13 Class A rivers on the island.
Course
The Mu River rises on the slopes of Mount Karifuri in the Hidaka Mountains.[1] It flows south and west until it reaches the Pacific Ocean at Mukawa.
Dams
| Class 1 river name |
Class 2 river name |
Name | Height (m) |
Water storage capacity (per 1000 m3) |
Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mu River | Soshubetsu River | Soshubetsu Dam | 29.0 | 1,330 | Concrete | Hokkaido Electric Power Company |
| Mu River | Hobetsu River | Hobetsu Dam | 38.2 | 10,330 | Rockfill | Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau |
Tributaries
Shimukappu (upper reaches):
- Horoka Tomamu River
- Soshubetsu River
- Pankeshuru River
- Shimu River
Mukawa (lower reaches):
- Ososukenai River
- Tosano River
- Horosaru River
- Hobetsu River
- Rubeshibe River
- Kinausu River
- Inaeppusawa River
- Niwan River
- Yunosawa River
- Chin River
References
- ^ "鵡川". Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
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