Kakuto Basin

A basin located in the southwest of Miyazaki Prefecture, on the northern foot of Mount Kirishima. It is also called the Masaki Basin. It is a caldera basin about 200 meters above sea level formed by ancient activity of the Kirishima volcano, and is located in the Sendai River basin. The northern and western parts of the basin are bounded by the Yatake Plateau and the caldera walls that continue from it, the southern part by Mount Kirishima, and the eastern part by hills that border the Kobayashi Basin. The alluvial plains of the Sendai River have developed within the basin, and it is one of the leading rice-producing areas in the prefecture. Administratively, it is part of the city of Ebino, and consists of the three districts of Kakuto, Kyomachi (Masaki), and Iino.

[Junichi Yokoyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

宮崎県南西部、霧島山(きりしまやま)北麓(ほくろく)にある盆地。真幸盆地(まさきぼんち)ともいう。霧島火山の旧期活動で形成された標高約200メートルのカルデラ性盆地で、川内(せんだい)川流域に位置する。盆地北部、西部は矢岳(やたけ)高原とそれに続くカルデラ壁で、南部は霧島山、東部は丘陵で小林盆地と境する。盆地内は川内川の沖積地が発達し、県内でも有数の産米地である。行政的にはえびの市に含まれ、加久藤、京町(きょうまち)（真幸）、飯野(いいの)の3地区からなる。

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