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Tokoro River (常呂川, Tokoro-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.
| Tokoro River 常呂川 | |
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| Native name | Tokoro-gawa (Japanese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| State | Hokkaidō |
| Region | Abashiri |
| District | Kitami, Tokoro |
| Municipality | Oketo |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Mikuni |
| • location | Oketo, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| • elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
| Mouth | Sea of Okhotsk |
• location | Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 120 km (75 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,930 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 26.41 m3/s (933 cu ft/s) |
The Tokoro River, which has its source in Mt. Mikuni (alt. 1,541 m), flows through Oketo and Kunneppu towns and into the Sea of Okhotsk from Kitami City.[1] Many white-tailed eagles and Steller’s sea eagles that have been designated as protected species by the national government are observed in its basin. A colony of purple azalea designated as a natural monument by the Hokkaido government and a forest of large-diameter Japanese elm trees along the Muka River, which flows parallel to the Tokoro River, are symbols of the region. At the Tokoro River Estuary Site, relics, remains of pit-dwellings and tomb pits from the Jomon era have been found.[2]
References
edit- ^ kasen0209 (2019-09-27). "[Rivers and dams in Hokkaido]Tokoro River". かわたびほっかいどう (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Masahiko, Oya (10 February 2024) [2001]. Applied Geomorphology for Mitigation of Natural Hazards. Springer-Science+Business Media B. V. ISBN 978-94-010-3804-1.
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