1.Niikappu, Hokkaido | ||||||
Niikappu (新冠町, Niikappu-chō) is a town located in Hidaka Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. | ||||||
population:5,187人 area:585.81km2 | ||||||
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1.Mount Poroshiri | ||||||
Mount Poroshiri (幌尻岳, Poroshiri-dake) or sometimes Mount Horoshiri is located in the Hidaka Mountains, Hokkaidō, Japan. Its name was derived from a phonetic kanji transcription of the Ainu words for "great mountain", poro-shiri.[2] It is the highest mountain in the Hidaka range, and is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan.[3] | ||||||
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2.Niikappu River | ||||||
Niikappu River (新冠川, Niikappu-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan. The Niikappu River flows south to southwest from Mount Poroshiri[1] in the Hidaka Mountains. The river flows through four dams, including Niikappu Dam and Okuniikappu Dam. Both dams are owned by the Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Inc.[2] The dams form Lake Niikappu and Lake Poroshiri, respectively. After 80 kilometres (50 mi),[3] the river empties into the Pacific Ocean.[4] | ||||||
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