Kinugawa River
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{{nihongo|Kinugawa River, Kinugawa, or Kinu River|鬼怒川|Kinu-gawa}}, is a river on the main island of Honshu in Japan. It flows from the north to the south on the Kantō plain, merging with {{nihongo|Tone River|利根川|Tone-gawa}}. At 176.7 km in length, it is the longest tributary of Tone-gawa. From ancient times, it has been known to cause floods. The river starts in Kinu swamp in the city of Nikkō, Tochigi, within Nikkō National Park.
2015 Flood
Due to heavy rainfall for three consecutive days, on 10 September 2015, the river bank was breached, causing a flood, resulting in the death of two people and several more injuries. In Joso city, homes and infrastructure were damaged.{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1038/srep34168| issn = 2045-2322| volume = 6| issue = 1| pages = 34168| last1 = Dan Matsumoto| last2 = Sawai| first2 = Yuki| last3 = Yamada| first3 = Masaki| last4 = Namegaya| first4 = Yuichi| last5 = Shinozaki| first5 = Tetsuya| last6 = Takeda| first6 = Daisuke| last7 = Fujino| first7 = Shigehiro| last8 = Tanigawa| first8 = Koichiro| last9 = Nakamura| first9 = Atsunori| last10 = Pilarczyk| first10 = Jessica E.| title = Erosion and sedimentation during the September 2015 flooding of the Kinu River, central Japan| journal = Scientific Reports| access-date = 2024-02-26| date = 2016-09-28| url = https://www.nature.com/articles/srep34168| pmc = 5039755}}{{Cite journal| doi = 10.2328/jnds.40.1| volume = 40| issue = 1| pages = 1–13| last1 = Shi| first1 = Yongxue| last2 = Sayama| first2 = Takahiro| last3 = Takara| first3 = Kaoru| last4 = Ohtake| first4 = Kiyonori| title = Detecting flood inundation information through Twitter: The 2015 Kinu River flood disaster in Japan| journal = Journal of Natural Disaster Science| date = 2019| doi-access = free}}
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See also
- Kinugawa Onsen, a spa town within Nikkō
- Keno Province
References
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External links
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Category:Rivers of Ibaraki Prefecture
Category:Rivers of Tochigi Prefecture
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