Suketo River
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The is a river in Tokushima Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on Shikoku island. The capital is the city of Tokushima.- Tokushima Prefecture and Myodo Prefecture :Long ago, Tokushima City belonged to a region known as Myōdō-gun...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It starts on the western side of Hyōtan-jima where the Shinmachi River
Shinmachi River
Counting the Suketō River, Tamiya River, Sako River, and Sumiyoshijima River as its tributaries, the is a river found in the heart of Tokushima City in Tokushima Prefecture....

 hits the Mitsuai Bridge and runs around to meet the river again to the east. The river passes through the Maegawa, Suketō, Fukushima, and Hyōtan-jima districts, as well as several others.

In midstream, the Suketō River branches out into the Ōokagawa and Sumiyoshi-jima Rivers, and is known by some people as the "Fukushima River" in the area where it passes by the district of the same name.

Furthermore, the Suketō River is crossed by the Mitsuai, Maegawa, Nishi no Maru, Suketō, New Suketō, Myōjin, Tokusumi, Fukushima, Sumiyoshi, New Fukushima, Nakazu and several other bridges.

According to research in the year 2006, the river has a COD of around 4–5ppm, making it slightly dirtied, but the water is clear to 50cm in depth and still relatively clean.

In the year 2007, a stingray was found living in the waters of the river. While the exact details remain unknown, it is said to have made its way there from the Yoshino River
Yoshino River
The Yoshino River is a river on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is 194 km long and has a watershed of 3,750 km². It is the second longest river in Shikoku , and is the only river whose watershed spreads over the four prefectures of the island.It is regarded as one of the three greatest rivers of...

 Mouth.

At current, the Shinmachi Preservation Committee is working towards keeping the river and its waterways clean.

Fukushima River

The Fukushima River is another name for the Suketō River, mostly supported by those living further downstream of the river than the Fukushima Bridge. While the name 'Fukushima' refers to one of the prefectures in Japan, it is also a suburb in Tokushima City.

Interestingly, while the river is recorded as the "Suketō River" on the Fukushima Bridge, it is recorded as "Fukushima River" on the New Fukushima Bridge.
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