- Kanda River
The nihongo|Kanda River|神田川|Kandagawa stretches 24.6 km from
Inokashira Park in Mitaka to theSumida River under the Ryōgoku Bridge at the boundary of Taitō, Chūō, and Sumida. Its entire length lies withinTokyo ,Japan . It drains an area of 105.0 km². The government of Japan classifies it as a Class I river.Tributaries and branches
The Zenpukuji, Momozono, and Myōshō-ji rivers are tributaries of the Kanda. The outer moat of the Imperial Palace is also a tributary. The Nihonbashi River is a distributary of the Kanda.
The Kanda River Underground Diversion Channel
Construction began in the 1980s of a diversion tunnel which could temporarily store excess water which historically has been a big problem causing flooding to thousands of homes during powerful typhoons or torrential downpours. The Kanda River Underground Diversion Channel is actually one huge tunnel built under major roads. The plan is to construct a 4.5-km tunnel, 13 m wide tunnel 40 meters below street level. The first 2 km section was completed in 1997, and it can hold the runoff of 50 mm of rain falling in one hour. The reservoir has drawn water from the river on more than a dozen occasions since it opened, and the Kanda River has not flooded during that time. Plans call for the tunnel to be extended to
Tokyo Bay , literally creating a second, underground Kanda River. [ [http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia23/en/feature/feature12.html The Kanda River Underground Diversion Channel] "Nipponia", No.23, December 15, 2002, Accessed on March 28, 2008]Notable bridges and locations
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Manseibashi
*Hijiribashi In popular culture
The folk group Kaguyahime released the song "Kandagawa". Keiko Sekine (Takahashi) and
Masao Kusakari starred in a film based on the song.ee also
References
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