Tokoro River

Tokoro River
常呂川
Tokoro River; 常呂川
Native name	Tokoro-gawa (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
State	Hokkaidō
Region	Abashiri
District	Kitami, Tokoro
Municipality	Oketo
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Mikuni
• location	Oketo, Hokkaidō, Japan
• elevation	940 m (3,080 ft)
Mouth	Sea of Okhotsk
• location	Kitami, Hokkaidō, Japan
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	120 km (75 mi)
Basin size	1,930 km2 (750 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	26.41 m3/s (933 cu ft/s)

Tokoro River (常呂川, Tokoro-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.

The Tokoro River, which has its source in Mt. Mikuni (alt. 1,541 m), flows through Oketo and Kunneppu towns and into the Sea of Okhotsk from Kitami City.^[1] Many white-tailed eagles and Steller’s sea eagles that have been designated as protected species by the national government are observed in its basin. A colony of purple azalea designated as a natural monument by the Hokkaido government and a forest of large-diameter Japanese elm trees along the Muka River, which flows parallel to the Tokoro River, are symbols of the region. At the Tokoro River Estuary Site, relics, remains of pit-dwellings and tomb pits from the Jomon era have been found.^[2]

References

^ kasen0209 (2019-09-27). "[Rivers and dams in Hokkaido]Tokoro River". かわたびほっかいどう (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Masahiko, Oya (10 February 2024) [2001]. Applied Geomorphology for Mitigation of Natural Hazards. Springer-Science+Business Media B. V. ISBN 978-94-010-3804-1.