The Ibo River (揖保川) is a river in
Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Hyōgo Prefecture has a population of 5,469,762 () and has a geographic area of . Hyōgo Prefecture borders Kyoto Prefecture to the east, Osaka Prefecture to the southeast, an ...
, Japan. The Ibo, Kako,
Ichi
The International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) is a system of classifying procedure codes being developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is currently available as a beta 3 release. The components for clinical documentat ...
, Yumesaki, and Chikusa rivers are collectively referred to as the
Harima Gokawa
or Banshū (播州) was a province of Japan in the part of Honshū that is the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture. Harima bordered on Tajima, Tanba, Settsu, Bizen, and Mimasaka Provinces. Its capital was Himeji.
During ...
, the five major rivers that flow into the
Harima Sea
Harima Sea () is the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan. Located on the south side of the southwestern part of Hyogo Prefecture (formerly Harima Province), it is bounded by Awaji Island to the east, Shodoshima to the west, and Shikoku ...
. The basin area is the second largest of the Harima Gokawa after the Kako River.
Geography
The river originates from Mt. Fujinashi (elevation 1,139m) in
Shisō, Hyōgo
is a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 35,639 in 14694 households and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Shisō is located in the midwestern part of ...
, and flows southward. It runs through
Tatsuno and divides Nakagawa to the west near Yobeku,
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
, forming a delta.
On the embankment in Tatsuno City, there is an area where tatami mats are used to raise the
revetment
A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags, or wooden piles) applied to a bank or wall in order to absorb the energy of incoming water
...
by using the tatami mats when the water level rises.
History
On September 13, 1976, a landslide occurred in Fukuchi, Ichinomiya-cho due to the torrential rain of
Typhoon Fran
Typhoon Fran, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Reming, produced tremendous rainfall in Japan including, at the time, a national 24-hour record accumulation of . Forming as a tropical depression on September 3 to the southeast of Guam, Fr ...
. The spilled earth and sand filled the river channel and caused flooding.
[三階校舎ひとのみ 救助隊、手つけられず『朝日新聞』1976年（昭和51年）9月14日朝刊、13版、23面]
References
Rivers of Hyōgo Prefecture
Rivers of Japan
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