Kikusan Mountains - Kikusanchi

Japanese: 企救山地 - きくさんち
Kikusan Mountains - Kikusanchi

…While the Chugoku Mountains are a continuous mountain range, this mountain range is divided into land masses by the Chikuho Basin, the Fukuoka Plain, the Chikushi Plain, and others. It is a collective term for the Kiku Mountains facing Honshu from the northeast, the Nuki Mountains on the east side of the Murasaki River and the Fukuchi Mountains on the west side, the Mikuni Mountains between the Chikuho Basin and the Fukuoka Plain, the Minou Mountains south of the Chikugo River, the Chikuhi Mountains that straddle both Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures, the Sefuri Mountains on the border between Fukuoka and Saga prefectures, and the Hizen Mountains that stretch from Saga to Nagasaki prefecture. Many of these mountain ranges are thought to be fault mountain ranges, but this has not yet been confirmed. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kikyu Mountains" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…中国山地が連続した山地であるのに対し,この山地は筑豊盆地,福岡平野,筑紫平野などにより地塊に分断されている。北東から本州と対峙する企救(きく)山地,紫川の東側に位置する貫(ぬき)山地と西側に位置する福智山地,筑豊盆地と福岡平野の間の三郡山地,筑後川の南の耳納(水縄)(みのう)山地,福岡・熊本両県にまたがる筑肥山地,福岡・佐賀両県境の脊振山地,佐賀県から長崎県にかけての肥前山地の総称である。これらの山地の多くは断層山地と考えられているが,まだ確認はされていない。…

※「企救山地」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。

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