Intermittent river

Japanese: 間断河川 - かんだんかせん
Intermittent river

…Japan is a humid region, so there are no intermittent streams, but the Minami River, which is found in the gravelly alluvial fan, is a type of intermittent stream that flows only during floods. However, because there is a constant flow downstream, it is also called an interrupted stream. [Matsuda Iwaya] …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "intermittent rivers" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本は湿潤地域なので間欠河流はないが,砂礫質の扇状地にみられる水無川は,洪水時にのみ流水がみられる一種の間欠河流である。しかし,下流側には恒常流がみられるので,間断河川interrupted streamともいう。【松田 磐余】。…

※「間断河川」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。

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