Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility
The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, popularly known as G-Cans, is an underground water infrastructure project in Japan. It is the world's largest underground flood water diversion facility, built to mitigate overflowing of the city's major waterways and rivers during rain and typhoon seasons.
- Museum
- Opening hours: 9:30 AM–4:30 PM
- Description: tunnel in Japan
- Also known as“G-Cans Tunnel”“G-Cans: the World’s Largest Drain”“Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Minami-Sakurai Station and Showa High School.
Minami-Sakurai Station
Minami-sakurai Station is a passenger railway station… Minami-Sakurai Station is situated 2 km south of Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility.
Showa High School
Showa High School is situated 1 km southwest of Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility.
Roadside station Showa
Roadside station Showa is a commercial area, which is situated 1½ km west of Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamiyanagi and Hibori.
Hibori
Hibori is a quarter, which is situated 4½ km west of Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility.
Noda
Noda is a city located in the northwestern corner of Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility
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Latitude
35.99728° or 35° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
139.81173° or 139° 48′ 42″ east
Open location code
8Q7XXRW6+WM
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Metropolitan area outer underground discharge channel facility” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة التفريغ الخارجية تحت الأرض لمنطقة العاصمة”
- Chinese: “首都圈外郭放水路”
- Dutch: “G-Cans”
- Dutch: “Kleurrijke Drakenrivier”
- Dutch: “Perifeer ondergronds afvoerkanaal van het metropoolgebied”
- Dutch: “Sairyū no kawa”
- Dutch: “Shutoken gaikaku hōsuiro”
- French: “G-Cans”
- German: “G-Cans”
- German: “Shutoken Gaikaku Hōsuiro”
- Indonesian: “G-Cans”
- Indonesian: “Terowongan G-Cans”
- Italian: “G-Cans”
- Italian: “Sistema di Drenaggio esterno dell’Area Metropolitana di Tokyo”
- Japanese: “首都圏外郭放水路 龍Q館”
- Japanese: “首都圏外郭放水路”
- Persian: “سیستم مهار آب بارندگی توکیو”
- Persian: “کانال تخلیه زیرزمینی بیرونی منطقه متروپولیتن”
- Russian: “Токийский противопаводковый коллектор”
- Slovenian: “podzemni tempelj”
- Slovenian: “Zunanji podzemni izpustni kanal metropolitanskega območja”
- Spanish: “G-Cans”
- Swedish: “G-Cans”
- Turkish: “Tokyo Metropoliten Alanı Dış Yeraltı Tahliye Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Токійський дренажний підземний канал”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 関東地方整備局江戸川河川事務所江戸川上流出張所 and 金野井大橋.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as 関東地方整備局江戸川河川事務所首都圏外郭放水路管理支所 and 龍Q館.
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