Rokkakugawa

Japanese: 六角川 - ろっかくがわ
Rokkakugawa

This river flows into the inner part of Ariake Bay in Saga Prefecture. It originates on the southern slope of Mount Jinroku (447m) on the border with Nagasaki Prefecture, collects tributaries from the Takeo Basin, meanders widely, and flows eastward through the low-lying Shiroishi Plain before joining the Ushizu River near its mouth. It is a first-class river that is about 47km long and has a drainage area of ​​341km2. The tidal range at spring tides near the mouth of the river is about 6m. Before the arrival of the railway, the river was used as a transportation route for up to 25km from the mouth of the river, and Rokkaku in the Shiroishi Plain and Takahashi in the Takeo Basin prospered as river ports, just like Ushizu in the Ushizu River system. Coal ships from the Kishima Coal Mine also used the river, and Suminoe Port near the mouth of the river was a busy coal shipping port.

The river basin is an area that frequently suffers from floods and storm surges, and at the same time, as it is a typical tidal river, it is not used for irrigation. The Shiroishi Plain is also an area that suffers from chronic water shortages, relying on groundwater. For this reason, the Rokkaku River Estuary Barrage was constructed in 1983 (Showa 58) 4.6 kilometers from the river mouth in order to prevent storm surge disasters and secure unspecified water use through desalination. Since construction began, negotiations with fishermen in the Ariake Sea regarding the opening and closing of the sluice gates have been difficult, and the freshwater from the estuary barrage is not used for agricultural water, but is substituted by water drawn from the Kasegawa Dam, construction of which began in 1973 (Showa 48). For this reason, the estuary barrage is only used as a disaster prevention measure during storm surges.

[Shigeru Kawasaki and Tsutomu Igarashi]

[References] | Ariake Sea | Estuary Barrage | Kishima Coal Mine

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

佐賀県の有明(ありあけ)海湾奥部に注ぐ川。長崎県境の神六(じんろく)山(447メートル)南斜面に源を発し、武雄(たけお)盆地の諸支流を集め、大きく蛇行しながら低平な白石平野(しろいしへいや)を東流し、河口近くで牛津川(うしづがわ)を合流する一級河川である。流路延長約47キロメートル、流域面積は341平方キロメートル。河口付近の大潮時の干満差は約6メートルにも及ぶ。鉄道の登場前には、河口から25キロメートル地点まで河川交通路として利用され、白石平野の六角や武雄盆地の高橋は、牛津川水系の牛津同様、河港として繁栄した。かつては杵島炭鉱(きしまたんこう)の石炭船も通い、河口近くの住ノ江港(すみのえこう)は石炭積出し港としてにぎわった。

 流域は洪水や高潮の災害にたびたび悩まされる地域で、同時に典型的な感潮河川であるため、灌漑(かんがい)用水としては利用されない。また、白石平野は地下水に依存するなど慢性的な水不足地域でもあった。このため、高潮災害の防止と淡水化による不特定用水の確保を目的に、河口から4.6キロメートルの地点に1983年(昭和58)六角川河口堰(ぜき)が建設された。着工以来、有明海の漁民との水門の開閉に関する交渉が難航、河口堰の淡水は農業用水としては利用されず、1973年(昭和48)着工の嘉瀬川(かせがわ)ダムからの引水によって代替される。そのため、河口堰は高潮時の防災対策としてのみ使用される。

[川崎 茂・五十嵐勉]

[参照項目] | 有明海 | 河口堰 | 杵島炭鉱

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