Tone River

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geographical feature river

Tone River is one of Japan’s largest and most important rivers, flowing through the Kanto region of Honshu and playing a key role in irrigation, flood control, and water supply.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tone River system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tonegawa ⓘ
basinArea approximately 16,840 square kilometers ⓘ
basinCountry Japan ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
drainageBasinServes Tokyo metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Greater Tokyo Area
flowsInto Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsNear Chiba Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tokyo Prefecture ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo Metropolis
flowsThrough Gunma Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ibaraki Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saitama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFloodControlInfrastructure dams ⓘ
levees ⓘ
weirs ⓘ
historicalImportance major transportation route in the Edo period ⓘ
isOneOf largest rivers in Japan ⓘ
most important rivers in Japan ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
length approximately 322 km ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
locatedInRegion Kantō region ⓘ
surface form: Kanto region
majorTributary Arakawa River ⓘ
Edo River ⓘ
Kinu River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kokai River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Watarase River ⓘ
managedBy Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
mouthLocatedIn Kashima-nada ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
nearCity Kashiwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumagaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maebashi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Narita International Airport ⓘ
surface form: Narita
partOf Tone River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tone River system
sourceLocatedIn Gunma Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation Mount Ōminakami ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
rowing ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kantō region → containsMajorRiver → Tone River ⓘ
Honshu → hasMajorRiver → Tone River ⓘ
Kanto → hasMajorRiver → Tone River ⓘ
subject surface form: Saitama Prefecture
Tone River → partOf → Tone River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tone River system