Kitakami specific area comprehensive development - Kitakami specific area comprehensive development

…However, floods are also frequent, with approximately 80 recorded floods between 1619 (Genwa 5) and the present day, with particularly heavy damage caused by Typhoon Kathleen (1947) and Typhoon Ion the following year. For this reason, measures were taken to prevent floods by building dams in the upper reaches, and in 1953, based on the Comprehensive National Land Development Act, the Kitakami Specific Region Comprehensive Development was undertaken ahead of the rest of the country. This was also called Japan's TVA, and five multipurpose dams, Ishibuchi, Tase, Yuda, Gosho, and Yosoda, were constructed in the upper reaches of the Kitakami Basin by 1980, combining flood control, irrigation, and power generation. …

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…しかし洪水も多く，1619年(元和5)から最近まで約80回におよぶ洪水が記録され，特にカスリン台風(1947)，翌年のアイオン台風による被害は大きかった。このため，上流部にダムを造り洪水を防止する対策がとられ，1953年国土総合開発法に基づいて，北上特定地域総合開発が全国に先がけて取りあげられた。これは〈日本のTVA〉ともいわれたもので，北上盆地の上流部に治水，灌漑，発電を兼ねた石淵，田瀬，湯田，御所，四十四田の五つの多目的ダムが1980年までの間に構築された。…

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