Yoshino River
Yoshino River | |
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Tokushima | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Kamegamori |
• location | Kōchi |
Mouth | Kii Channel |
• location | Tokushima |
• coordinates | 34°04′43″N 134°36′03″E / 34.078499°N 134.600722°E |
• elevation | 0m |
Length | 194 km (121 mi) |
The Yoshino River (吉野川 Yoshino-gawa) is a river on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is 194 km (121 mi) long and has a watershed of 3,750 km2 (1,450 sq mi). It is the second longest river in Shikoku (slightly shorter than the Shimanto), and is the only river whose watershed spreads over the four prefectures of the island.
Etymology
It is regarded as one of the three greatest rivers of Japan along with the Tone and the Chikugo, and is nicknamed Shikoku Saburō (四国三郎; Saburō is a popular given name for a third son). This was reflected in the 1998 naming of the Shikoku Saburo Bridge.
Description
The Yoshino rises from Mount Kamegamori (瓶ケ森) in
The river has some "submerged bridges" (潜水橋 Sensuikyō), equivalents of Chinkabashi of the Shimanto, which lack parapets in order not to be washed away by floods.
Controversies
The river was the subject of controversy in January 2000 when around half of eligible local residents showed up to the polls and overwhelmingly voted against a proposed dam construction across the river, with 102,759 (90.14%) registering a "no" vote and only 9,367 (8.22%) giving a "yes" vote (1.64% of votes were deemed invalid). This was considered unusual in a country where
References
- ISSN 0004-4687.
External links
- Media related to Yoshino River at Wikimedia Commons