Ōta River (太田川, Ōta-gawa) is a 103-kilometer (64 mile) long river in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Its main stream originates in Mt. Kanmuri (冠山, Kanmuri-yama) (1,339m) and empties, through a flood-control channel, into the Seto Inland Sea. The river is one of the major rivers in the prefecture and descends through steep topography, with hydroelectric power plants situated along the river.

The Ōta has numerous tributaries and branches into the delta area of Hiroshima which comprises the Tenma, Kyūōta/Honkawa, Motoyasu, Kyōbashi, and Enkō rivers.

Originally, the Ōta River passes through the western side of Aioi Bridge which was the aiming point for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A flood-control channel[2][3] was built along the former Yamate river in the late 1960s, which became the main passageway of the Ōta River. The original passageway of the Ōta is now known as the Kyūōta River (旧太田川, Kyūōta-gawa, lit. "Old Ōta") or Honkawa River (本川, Honkawa).

Ōta River runs through the municipalities of Hatsukaichi, Akiota, Kitahiroshima, Akitakata, Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima. The size of its catchment area is 1,710 km2.

See also

  • Sandan-kyō - a ravine located in a tributary river of the Ōta River.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "太田川(おおたがわ)とは - コトバンク" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". www.thr.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 26 January 2021.[dead link]
  3. ^ "The History of Hiroshima City - 広島市公式ホームページ｜国際平和文化都市".
  4. ^ "三段峡(さんだんきょう)とは - コトバンク" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

External links

  • Ootagawa - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (in Japanese)