The is a river in
Yachiyo and
Chiba
Chiba may refer to:
Places China
* (), town in Jianli County, Jingzhou, Hubei
Japan
* Chiba (city), capital of Chiba Prefecture
** Chiba Station, a train station
* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on ...
,
Chiba Prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. The river is in length. The Shin River forms the upper part of the , and flows between
Lake Inbanuma and the Ōwada Drainage Pump Station in Yachiyo City.
Pollution is problematic along the river.
Phosphorus,
potassium, and
nitrogen drain from vegetable farms along the length of the river.
Recreation
A large-scale
bicycle path, the Inbanuma Bicycle Path, is under construction to span the entirety of the Inba Discharge Channel. The path will ultimately pass through
Chiba City, Yachiyo,
Sakura
A cherry blossom, also known as Japanese cherry or sakura, is a flower of many trees of Prunus, genus ''Prunus'' or Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are common species in East Asia, including China, Korea and especia ...
, and
Inba. A walking path has also been built in Yachiyo along the Shin River, and features a pedestrian
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
with an observation platform.
新川遊歩道
References
Rivers of Chiba Prefecture
Rivers of Japan
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ja:印旛放水路