The is a river in southern
Ishikawa Prefecture in the
Hokuriku region of
Japan. The river originates on
Hakusan, the highest peak in the
Hakusan National Park on the border between Ishikawa and
Gifu Prefecture, and flows in a generally northern direction to the
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, i ...
. The river is used extensively for irrigation, and for the generation of
hydroelectric power
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
.
The
Battle of Tedorigawa
The took place near the Tedori River in Japan's Kaga Province in 1577, between the forces of Oda Nobunaga against Uesugi Kenshin. Kenshin tricked Nobunaga into launching a frontal attack across the Tedorigawa and defeated him. Having suffered ...
was fought on the banks of the river in 1577
Dams and hydroelectric power generation
References
Rivers of Ishikawa Prefecture
Rivers of Japan
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