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Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-753-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-753-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
Research article
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07 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2025

Simulating the Tone River eastward diversion project in Japan carried out 4 centuries ago

Joško Trošelj and Naota Hanasaki

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This study presents the first distributed hydrological simulation which confirms claims raised by historians that the eastward diversion project of the Tone River in Japan was conducted 4 centuries ago to increase low flows and subsequent travelling possibilities surrounding the capital, Edo (Tokyo), using inland navigation. We showed that great steps forward can be made for improving quality of life with small human engineering waterworks and small interventions in the regime of natural flows.
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