Ise Plain - Ise Heiya

Located in the eastern part of Mie Prefecture, facing Ise Bay, it is a long, narrow coastal plain stretching from north to south. It starts from the Kiso River Delta in the north and reaches the Median Tectonic Line along the Kushida River in the south. It narrows inland at around Tsu and Matsusaka in the center, and the coastline curves sharply eastward in the southern part. It is about 90 kilometers north to south and 15 to 25 kilometers east to west, and the inland part is bounded by the steep slopes of the tilted land mass that make up the Suzuka Mountains, and the Takami Mountains and Kii Mountains that continue to the south. Alluvial fans and terraces have developed at the foot of the mountains, and alluvial plains formed by rivers such as the Inabe, Suzuka, Ano, Kumozu, Kushida, and Miyagawa Rivers from the north extend along the coast. Rice cultivation, mainly Koshihikari, is popular, and greenhouse horticulture such as strawberries is also practiced. The coastal area is also an industrial area. It is the main part of Mie Prefecture and contains seven of the prefecture's 14 cities: Kuwana, Yokkaichi, Suzuka, Kameyama, Tsu, Matsusaka, and Ise. JR's Kisei Main Line, Kansai Main Line, Meisho Line, and Sangu Line, Kintetsu Railway's Nagoya Line, Osaka Line, Yamada Line, Yunoyama Line, Suzuka Line, Ise Railway, and National Route 1 and 23 run through it.

[Tatsuo Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

三重県東部、伊勢湾に面し、ほぼ南北に細長い海岸平野。北は木曽(きそ)川デルタに始まり、南は櫛田川(くしだがわ)に沿う中央構造線に至る。中央の津、松阪あたりで内陸へくびれ、南部は東へ大きく湾曲した海岸線をもつ。南北ほぼ90キロメートル、東西15～25キロメートルで、内陸は鈴鹿山脈(すずかさんみゃく)を構成する傾動地塊の急斜面と、その南に続く高見山地、紀伊山地でくぎられる。山麓(さんろく)に扇状地、段丘が発達し、海岸に沿って、北から員弁(いなべ)、鈴鹿、安濃(あのう)、雲出(くもず)、櫛田、宮川などの河川が形成した沖積地が展開する。コシヒカリを中心とした稲作が盛んで、イチゴなどの施設園芸が行われる。また、臨海地域は工業地帯となっている。三重県の主要部をなし、県下14市のうち桑名、四日市、鈴鹿、亀山(かめやま)、津、松阪、伊勢の7市が集まる。JRの紀勢本線、関西本線、名松(めいしょう)線、参宮線、近畿日本鉄道の名古屋線、大阪線、山田線、湯の山線、鈴鹿線、伊勢鉄道、国道1号、23号などが走っている。

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