Tokoro River
River in Hokkaidō, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tokoro River (常呂川, Tokoro-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.
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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) |
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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]