Arakawa River

E249387
geographical feature river

The Arakawa River is a major river in the Tokyo region of Japan, known for its extensive flood control systems and role in shaping the urban landscape.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arakawa River canonical 23
Arakawa River system 2
Arakawa River (nearby) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinSize approximately 2940 square kilometers ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
crossedBy Metropolitan Expressway bridges ⓘ
national highway bridges ⓘ
railway bridges ⓘ
dischargesInto Tokyo Bay ⓘ
etymology name literally means “wild river” in Japanese ⓘ
flowsThrough Saitama Prefecture ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
hasChannel Arakawa floodway ⓘ
hasFeature cycling paths ⓘ
riverside parks ⓘ
hasInfrastructure floodwalls ⓘ
levees ⓘ
retarding basins ⓘ
water gates ⓘ
historicalRole flooding of Edo and Tokyo before modern control works ⓘ
inLanguage Japanese ⓘ
JapaneseName 荒川 ⓘ
knownFor extensive flood control systems ⓘ
role in shaping the Tokyo urban landscape ⓘ
length approximately 173 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Kantō region ⓘ
locatedNear Sumida River ⓘ
managedBy Kanto Regional Development Bureau ⓘ
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
mouthLocation Tokyo Bay ⓘ
partOf Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ
passesThrough Adachi, Tokyo ⓘ
Arakawa, Tokyo ⓘ
Kawagoe ⓘ
Kita, Tokyo ⓘ
Kumagaya ⓘ
Kōtō, Tokyo ⓘ
Toda ⓘ
riverSystem Arakawa River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Arakawa River system
sourceLocation Saitama Prefecture ⓘ
sourceRegion Chichibu Mountains ⓘ
tributary Ayase River ⓘ
Iruma River ⓘ
Oppe River ⓘ
Shingashi River ⓘ
Sumida River ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumida → traversedByRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Adachi → borderedBy → Arakawa River ⓘ
Adachi → locatedOn → Arakawa River ⓘ
Adachi → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Kanto → hasMajorRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Saitama Prefecture, Japan → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
subject surface form: Saitama Prefecture
Kantō region → containsMajorRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Tone River → majorTributary → Arakawa River ⓘ
Arakawa, Tokyo → namedAfter → Arakawa River ⓘ
和光市 → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arakawa River (nearby)
Asaka, Saitama → locatedOnRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Kita → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
subject surface form: Kita, Tokyo
Kinshichō → hasNearbyRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Sumida River → sourceRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Sumida River → partOf → Arakawa River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arakawa River system
Edogawa → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Akabane Station → hasNearbyRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Itabashi, Tokyo → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Arakawa River → riverSystem → Arakawa River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arakawa River system
Chichibu Mountains → drainageBasinOf → Arakawa River ⓘ
Mount Kobushi area → headwatersOf → Arakawa River ⓘ
Saitama Prefecture → hasRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Jujo Station → hasNearbyRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Arakawa → traversedBy → Arakawa River ⓘ
Sumida City → traversedByRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Kōtō → traversedByRiver → Arakawa River ⓘ
Kanda River → partOf → Arakawa River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arakawa River water system