Kushida River

A river that flows east through the center of Mie Prefecture and empties into Ise Bay. It is a first-class river. It originates in the western Takami Mountains and the northern Daiko Mountains on the border with Nara Prefecture, flows eastward, and after flowing into the Ise Plain, it changes direction to the northeast and empties into Ise Bay in the eastern part of Matsusaka City. It is 87 kilometers long and has a drainage area of ​​436 square kilometers. It is known as a river that runs along the Median Tectonic Line that crosses the Kii Peninsula. It cuts through mountains made of Nagatoro metamorphic rocks from the Paleozoic era, and creates the Kahadakyo gorge in the middle reaches. Water transportation was possible until the end of the early modern period, and there was a ferry between Izawa on the left bank of the middle reaches and Ouka on the opposite bank, and both prospered as inns. The Kishu Kaido road connecting Wakayama and Matsusaka crosses Takami Pass and runs along the river valley, and post stations developed as routes for visiting Ise Shrine and alternate attendance.

[Tatsuo Ito]

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三重県の中央部をほぼ東流して伊勢(いせ)湾に注ぐ川。一級河川。奈良県境の高見山地西部や台高山脈(だいこうさんみゃく)北部を源流として東に向かって流れ、伊勢平野に流入してからは向きを北東に変え、松阪市東部で伊勢湾に注ぐ。延長87キロメートル、流域面積436平方キロメートル。紀伊半島を横断する中央構造線に沿う河川として知られる。古生代の長瀞(ながとろ)変成岩類からなる山を刻み、中流では香肌峡(かはだきょう)の峡谷をつくる。近世末までは水運があり、中流左岸の射和(いざわ)と対岸の相可(おうか)間には渡船があって、それぞれ宿として栄えた。和歌山と松阪を結ぶ紀州街道が高見峠を越えて河谷沿いに通じ、伊勢参宮や参勤交代路として宿駅も発達した。

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