Pororoca - Pororoca (English spelling)

Japanese: ポロロカ - ぽろろか(英語表記)Pororoca
Pororoca - Pororoca (English spelling)

A bore (tidal tsunami) seen at the mouth of the Amazon River in South America. It is also called a pororoca. On the new moon day after the spring equinox, a spectacular bore occurs at the mouth of the Amazon River and the mouth of the Araguari River to the north, due to the shallow, funnel-shaped topography of the mouth, the large tidal difference, and the high water level during the rainy season. The front of a huge wave 4 to 5 meters high, with a maximum height of 8 meters, becomes an almost vertical wall, and pushes upstream in a nearly horizontal line from the mouth of the river. Its speed reaches 12 to 13 knots (about 6.5 meters per second). The energy and volume of the pororoca are so great that it knocks down vegetation on the riverbank, and the sound can reach as far as 22 kilometers inland. The pororoca is the largest bore in the world, but similar phenomena can also be seen at the mouths of the Qiantang River in China and the Severn River in the UK.

[Masao Hanzawa and Kenzo Takano]

[References] | Amazon River | Boa

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

南アメリカ、アマゾン川の河口部にみられるボア(海嘯(かいしょう))。ポロロッカということもある。春分の後の新月の日、アマゾン川河口部やその北のアラグアリ川河口部で、浅くじょうご状になっている河口部の地形、大きな潮差、雨期の増水などによって壮大なボアがおこる。高さ4~5メートル、最大8メートルの巨大な波の前面がほぼ鉛直の壁のようになり、河口部からほぼ横一直線をなして上流へと押し上る。その速さは、12~13ノット(毎秒6.5メートル前後)に達する。ポロロカのエネルギーと音量はすさまじく、川岸の草木などをなぎ倒し、音は遠く22キロメートルの内陸部に達するという。ポロロカは世界最大のボアであるが、同種の現象は中国の銭塘江(せんとうこう)、イギリスのセバーン川などの河口部でもみられる。

[半澤正男・高野健三]

[参照項目] | アマゾン川 | ボア

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