Kanayama Basin

...The basin floor has been eroded by the Mogami River in the south and by the Sake River and its tributaries in the central area, forming a dissected basin with many terraces and hills. The basin is subdivided by low-relief hills into the Kanayama Basin in the Kanayama River basin in the north, the Shionohara alluvial fan of the Izumida River in the central area, the Shinjo Basin in the narrow sense, and the Funagata Basin downstream of the Oguni River. The Mogami River flows in from the south, meandering around the southern edge of the basin, before turning west near the Motoaikai Sea and forming the leading Mogami Gorge, which crosses the Dewa Mountains. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kinzan Basin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…盆地南部は最上川に，中央部は鮭川とその支流によって盆地床の浸食がすすみ，段丘や丘陵の多い開析盆地となっている。盆地内は低起伏の丘陵によって北部の金山（かねやま）川流域の金山盆地，中央部泉田川扇状地の塩野原や指首野（さすの）川扇状地の広がる狭義の新庄盆地，小国川下流の舟形盆地などに細分される。南から流入する最上川は盆地南辺を曲流しながら本合海（もとあいかい）付近で西に向きをかえ，先行性の最上峡となって出羽山地を横断する。…

※「金山盆地」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