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Shō River

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Coordinates:36°47′23″N137°04′36″E / 36.789817°N 137.076694°E /36.789817; 137.076694

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River in Japan

Shō River 庄川
Shō River inTonami,Toyama Prefecture

Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Mount Eboshi
• elevation	1,625 m (5,331 ft)

Mouth
• location	Toyama Bay
Length	115 km (71 mi)
Basin size	1,180 km² (460 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	34 m³/s (1,200 cu ft/s)

Basin features
River system	Shōnai River

TheShō River (庄川,Shō-gawa) has its source inMount Eboshi (烏帽子岳Eboshigatake) in theShōkawa-chō area ofTakayama,Gifu Prefecture,Japan. After flowing for 115 km (71 mi) through the northern part of Gifu Prefecture and the western part ofToyama Prefecture, it empties intoToyama Bay.

River communities

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The river passes through or forms the boundary of the communities listed below. The area through which the river flows in Gifu is referred to asShirakawa-gō, while the area in Toyama is referred to asGokayama. Both areas areUNESCO World Heritage Sites because of theirgasshō-zukuri houses.

Gifu Prefecture: Takayama,Shirakawa (Ōno District)
Toyama Prefecture: Nanto,Tonami,Takaoka,Imizu

Tributary

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Toga River
Kotori River

Dams

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The river is extensively developed for water storage, flood control andhydroelectric power generation. There are 16 major dams in the basin, seven of them are on tributaries. The major dams collectively have an installed power generation capacity of 926 MW. Six other small hydroelectric plants total 30.6 MW in installed capacity. The 22 hydroelectric power stations in the Shō River basin have an installed capacity of 956.6 MW. The 16 major dams are listed below in order from downstream to upstream.^[1]

Toyama

Wadagawa Dam – 21 m (69 ft) tallgravity dam, 7.4 MW (on the tributary Wadagawa River in Tonami)
Shogawa Goguchi Dam – 18.5 m (61 ft) tall gravity dam, 23.4 MW
Komaki Dam – 79.2 m (260 ft) tall gravity dam, 90.2 MW
Toga Dam – 31 m (102 ft) tall gravity dam, 17.6 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
Soyama Dam – 73.2 m (240 ft) tall gravity dam, 128.1 MW
Senzoku Dam – 33.5 m (110 ft) tall gravity dam, 32.7 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
Togagawa Dam – 37 m (121 ft) tall gravity dam, 16.1 MW (on the tributary Togagawa River)
Ohara Dam – 52 m (171 ft) tall gravity dam, 97.6 MW
Akao Dam – 29.2 m (96 ft) tall gravity dam, 34 MW

Toyama/Gifu:

Narude Dam – 53.2 m (175 ft) tall gravity dam, 97 MW

Gifu:

Sakaigawa Dam – 115 m (377 ft) tall gravity dam, 27 MW (on the tributary Sakaigawa River)
Tsubawara Dam – 68.2 m (224 ft) tall gravity dam, 107 MW
Hatogaya Dam – 63.2 m (207 ft) tall gravity dam, 43 MW
Oshirakawa Dam – 95 m (312 ft) tallrock-fill dam, 66.3 MW (on the tributary Oshirakawa River)
Miboro Dam – 131 m (430 ft) tall rock-fill dam, 256 MW
Okurodani Dam – 34 m (112 ft) tall rock-fill dam, 21.2 MW (on the tributary Okurodani River)

References

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^"Hydroelectric power plant gallery Shogawa water system" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. Retrieved15 July 2013.

External links

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36°47′23″N137°04′36″E / 36.789817°N 137.076694°E /36.789817; 137.076694 (confluence with Ibi River)

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