Tokoro River

Tokoro River (常呂川, Tokoro-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.

Tokoro River 常呂川
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

1. 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)
2. 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.

External links

• Tokoro River Floods