Ishikari

Ishikari

(ēshkä`rē), second largest river of Japan, c.225 mi (360 km) long, rising in the mountainous interior of Hokkaido and flowing generally southwest to Ishikari Bay near Otaru. It drains an extensive coal area and waters the Ishikari lowland, a fertile agricultural region.

Ishikari

 

a plain in Japan on the island of Hokkaido near the coast of the Sea of Japan. Composed chiefly of deposits of the Ishikari River and its tributaries and partly marsh-ridden, the Ishikari Plain is an important Japanese agricultural region. The city of Sapporo is located on the plain.


Ishikari

 

a river on the island of Hokkaido in Japan. Length, 365 km; basin area, 14,200 sq km. It takes its source in the Tokachi Mountains and empties into the Sea of Japan. The river, which floods in the spring, is navigable for 200 km; it is also used to float timber. Situated on the Ishikari are the cities of Kamikawa, Asahikawa, and Ishikari.