Arakawa Drainage Canal

The Arakawa River or Ara River is a 173-kilometre long river that flows through and . Its average flow in 2002 was 30 m. The Class A river is one of Tokyo's major sources of tap water, and together with the , accounts for around 80% of Tokyo's water supply as of 2018.
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  • Stream
  • Description: river flowing through Saitama prefecture and Tokyo in Japan
  • Also known as
    “Ara Kawa”
    “Ara river”
    “Arakawa River”
    “Arakawa-hōsuiro”
    “Shin-Ara-Kawa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edogawa Stadium and Yumenoshima Park.
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Stadium
Edogawa City Track & Field Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the area of Tokyo, Japan.
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Park
is a sports park in , , , Japan.
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Hospital

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tatsumi and Ōjima.
Quarter
is an area of Koto, Tokyo, Japan. is situated 3 km west of Arakawa Drainage Canal.
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Quarter
is a quarter, which is situated 4 km north of Arakawa Drainage Canal.
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Locality
is a locality, which is situated 4 km southeast of Arakawa Drainage Canal.

Arakawa Drainage Canal

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Latitude
35.657° or 35° 39′ 25″ north
Longitude
139.84583° or 139° 50′ 45″ east
Open location code
8Q7XMR4W+Q8
Geo­Names ID
1865194
Wiki­data ID
Q625465

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Arakawa Drainage Canal” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Arakawa”
  • Basque: “Arakawa ibaia”
  • Burmese: “အရခဝမြစ် (ခန်းတိုး)”
  • Burmese: “အရခဝမြစ်”
  • Catalan: “Arakawa”
  • Catalan: “riu Ara”
  • Catalan: “riu Arakawa”
  • Cebuano: “Ara-kawa”
  • Chinese: “荒川”
  • Dutch: “Arakawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اراكاوا”
  • Esperanto: “Arakaŭa (rivero)”
  • Esperanto: “Arakaŭa”
  • French: “Ara-kawa”
  • French: “fleuve Ara”
  • French: “rivière Ara”
  • German: “Arakawa”
  • Guarani: “Ysyry Arakagua”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Arakawa (Kantō)”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Arakawa”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Arakawa”
  • Italian: “Arakawa”
  • Japanese: “あらかわ”
  • Japanese: “荒川 (関東)”
  • Japanese: “荒川”
  • Japanese: “荒川放水路”
  • Korean: “아라카와 강 (간토 지방)”
  • Korean: “아라카와 강 (도쿄 만)”
  • Korean: “아라카와강”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arakawa”
  • Norwegian: “Arakawa”
  • Persian: “آراکاوا”
  • Persian: “رود اراکاوا”
  • Polish: “Arakawa”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Arakawa”
  • Romanian: “râul Arakawa”
  • Russian: “Аракава (река)”
  • Russian: “Аракава”
  • Slovenian: “Ara-kawa”
  • Slovenian: “Ara”
  • Slovenian: “Arakava”
  • Spanish: “Arakawa (río)”
  • Spanish: “Río Ara (Japón)”
  • Spanish: “Rio Ara”
  • Spanish: “Río Arakawa”
  • Swedish: “Arakawa (flod)”
  • Swedish: “Arakawa”
  • Swedish: “Arakawafloden”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำอาระ”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำอารากาวะ”
  • Turkish: “Arakawa Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Річка Ара (Канто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Річка Ара”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Ara”
  • Vietnamese: “Arakawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Ara”
  • Welsh: “Afon Arakawa”
  • Yue Chinese: “荒川”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Seishincho and Nishi Kasai.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Naka River and Kiyosuna-ohashi Bridge.

Japan: Highlights

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