Osaka coastal lowlands - Osaka coastal lowlands

Japanese: 大阪海岸低地 - おおさかかいがんていち
Osaka coastal lowlands - Osaka coastal lowlands

...On the north and west sides of the plateau, a band of slight elevations called sandbars stretches from Tenma through Senba and Shimanouchi to Namba and Kohama. The lowlands are alluvial plains formed by the Yodo River and Yamato River, and are divided by the Uemachi Plateau into the Yodo River-Kawachi Lowlands and the Osaka Coast Lowlands. The Yodo River-Kawachi Lowlands on the east side had a large lake in the center that was a vestige of the sea inlet of the Jomon period until the early 18th century, and because part of the Yodo River and the old Yamato River flowed into this, it is an extremely low and swampy land. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Osaka Coastal Lowlands" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…台地の北側と西側には,天満から船場,島之内を経て難波(なんば),粉浜(こはま)にかけて,砂州と呼ばれる微高地が帯状に伸びている。低地は淀川と大和川によって形成された沖積平野で,上町台地によって淀川・河内低地と大阪海岸低地に分けられる。東側の淀川・河内低地は,中央に縄文時代の入海のなごりをとどめる広い湖沼が18世紀初頭まであり,これに淀川の一部と旧大和川が流入していたため,きわめて低湿な土地である。…

※「大阪海岸低地」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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