Jinzū River
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| name = Jinzū River
| native_name = {{native name |ja |神通川 }}
| name_other = {{nihongo|Miya River|宮川|Miya-gawa|(upper reaches)}}
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| image_caption = Jinzū River in Toyama Prefecture
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| source1_location = Mount Kaore
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| mouth_location = Toyama Bay
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The {{nihongo|Jinzū River|神通川|Jinzū-gawa or Jintsū-gawa or Jindzū-gawa}} is a river that flows from Gifu Prefecture to Toyama Prefecture in Japan. The upper reaches of the river in Gifu are called the Miya River. It is {{Convert|120|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} in length and has a watershed of {{Convert|2720|km2|mi2}}.
Etymology
The official name for the river is "Jinzu Gawa" (written じんづうがわ (Jinzū-gawa or Jindzū-gawa)) according to the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and Japan Coast Guard. However, the pronunciation of the name has variations, including じんずうがわ (Jinzū-gawa) and じんつうがわ (Jintsū-gawa).
Geography and development
The Jinzū River flows from a source at {{convert|1626|m|ft}} on the slopes of Mount Kaore in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture and meets the Takahara River at the border between Gifu and Toyama Prefectures. The upper reaches of the river in Gifu Prefecture are also called the {{nihongo|Miya River|宮川|Miya-gawa}}. From the border it flows generally north and empties into Toyama Bay on the Sea of Japan. It's drainage basin covers an area of {{Convert|2720|km2|mi2}}.
It once meandered through the city of Toyama, but the new waterway was constructed in the west of the city to avoid floods. Toyama City Hall and other governments are located on the reclaimed land of the old river.
=Municipalities=
;Toyama Prefecture:
= Tributaries =
- Ida River
- Kumano River
- Nagamune River
- Takahara River
=Pollution=
The river was polluted with cadmium due to mining and caused the itai-itai disease in the downstream towns around World War II.
Legacy
The Japanese Navy cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Jintsū||2}} was named after this river.
References
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|url=https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/285606
|script-title=ja:萩野病院（富山市）院長 青島恵子さん（71） 公害病の悲劇 次世代へ
|trans-title=Keiko Aoshima (71), Director of Hagino Hospital (Toyama City): Tragedy of pollution-related diseases, to the next generation
|language=ja
|date=6 July 2021
|publisher=Chunichi Shimbun
|access-date=2 February 2024
|archive-date=2 November 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102141556/https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/285606
|url-status=live
}}
|url=https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E9%80%9A%E5%B7%9D/
|script-title=ja:神通川
|trans-title=Jinzū River
|language=ja
|publisher=Goo
|access-date=2 February 2024
|archive-date=2 February 2024
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240202185315/https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E9%80%9A%E5%B7%9D/
|url-status=live
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"Gazetteer of Japan 2021", p.29.
|last=Jentsura
|first=Hansgeorg
|title=Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945
|publisher=Naval Institute Press
|location=Annapolis, Maryland
|year=1976
|isbn=0-87021-893-X
}}
|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E9%80%9A%E5%B7%9D-82255
|script-title=ja:神通川
|trans-title=Jinzū River
|language=ja
|publisher=Kotobank
|access-date=2 February 2024
|archive-date=2 February 2024
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240202184949/https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%A5%9E%E9%80%9A%E5%B7%9D-82255
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"Overview of the basin and rivers of the Jinzū River system" (2008), p.1.
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=Works cited=
- {{cite web |url=https://www.gsi.go.jp/common/000238259.pdf |script-title=ja:地名集日本2021 |trans-title=Gazetteer of Japan 2021 |language=ja |publisher=Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and Japan Coast Guard |date=2021 |access-date=2 February 2024 |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217000452/https://www.gsi.go.jp/common/000238259.pdf |url-status=live }}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.mlit.go.jp/river/shinngikai_blog/shaseishin/kasenbunkakai/shouiinkai/kihonhoushin/080221/pdf/ref1-1.pdf |script-title=ja:神通川水系の流域及び河川の概要（案） |trans-title=Overview of the basin and rivers of the Jinzū River system (draft) |language=ja |date=21 February 2008 |publisher=River Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |access-date=2 February 2024 |archive-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919153126/https://www.mlit.go.jp/river/shinngikai_blog/shaseishin/kasenbunkakai/shouiinkai/kihonhoushin/080221/pdf/ref1-1.pdf |url-status=live }}
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Category:Rivers of Toyama Prefecture