Nakatsuhara

Japanese: 中津原 - なかつはら

Located in central Kanagawa Prefecture, this plateau is sandwiched between the Sagami River and its tributary, the Nakatsu River; the northern half belongs to Aikawa Town, Aiko District, and the southern half to Atsugi City. Although there are steep cliffs on both the east and west sides of the plateau facing the two rivers, the surface is mostly flat, with an elevation of about 180m at the northern end and about 50m at the southern end. The geology is the same as that of the Sagamihara Plateau on the east bank of the Sagami River; the surface is covered by a 10-14m thick Kanto Loam layer, with a terrace gravel layer underneath and a deep groundwater table. The plateau was covered entirely by mulberry fields, until the end of World War II, when an army airfield was established in Nakatsu in the center, and in 1966 the Kanagawa Prefectural Enterprise Bureau developed an inland industrial park on the site.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神奈川県中央部，相模川とその支流の中津川にはさまれた台地で，北半は愛甲郡愛川町，南半は厚木市に属する。台地の東西両側が2河川に臨むところは急崖であるが，表面はおおむね平たんで，高度は北端部で約180m，南端部では約50mである。相模川東岸の相模原台地と同じ地質で，表面は厚さ10～14mの関東ローム層におおわれ，その下に段丘礫層があり地下水面は深い。台地は一面が桑園であったが，第2次大戦末期に中央部の中津に陸軍飛行場が設けられ，その跡地に1966年，神奈川県企業庁によって内陸工業団地が造成された。

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