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World Heritage Irrigation Structures

Matsubara-Muro Irrigation System

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Located in the Toyogawa Basin, Toyohashi, Toyokawa and Shinshiro city, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is hereby included in the Register for its engineering design that includes head works in the form of “Ichimonji Seki” (a straight line crossing weir with a boat-way), automatic tumble gates and using advanced technologies of artificial stone construction more than 400 years ago.

HIGHLIGHTS

Country: Japan

Province: Aichi Prefecture

Latitude : 34.80229469 Longitude : 137.39597145

Built: 1567 - 1888

River: Toyogawa River Basin

Irrigated Area: 1612 ha

RECOGNIZED AT:

68th IEC Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017

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