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A cold winter afternoon...

Though the sun is shining
and it feels somewhat warm,
the wind
brushing against my cheeks is still cold and chilly 🥶

On the water surface I saw from the bridge,
like a reflection,
the sky and clouds
appeared
amidst the sparkling sunlight ✨

Riding my 🚲 bicycle
on the way back from shopping
at a supermarket a little further away,
I was crossing the bridge
and saw the blue sky and clouds
reflected in the river,
so I took a picture 📸

Perhaps the wind was strong that day,
because on the bridge,
I really felt
a freezing cold 😰

🔎 I decided to ask my partner a little something

It's a river I've always thought
"It's just in the neighborhood"
without really thinking about it,
but I decided to ask my partner
what kind of meaning or role it has 🤖

That sounds good, river trivia.
Knowing this makes walks and trips a little more fun 🌿
I'll introduce a few by category.

🌊 Trivia about rivers as nature

1. Most river water is "recycled rain"

Most of the water flowing in rivers is part of the "Earth's circulation system":
Sea → Evaporation → Clouds → Rain → Mountains → Rivers → Sea.
The water flowing in front of you right now
might be rain that fell somewhere else hundreds or thousands of years ago.

2. Japanese rivers have some of the "fastest currents" in the world

Japanese rivers are short and have steep gradients.
For example, the Amazon River is leisurely, while
Japanese rivers have slopes like a roller coaster.

That is why Japan

• is prone to flooding

• but is suitable for hydroelectric power

• and has many "fish that are strong against currents" like sweetfish and char,
  which are its characteristics.

3. Rivers are "alive"

Rivers are not fixed lines; they move little by little.
Every time there is a flood,

• Bending

• Shifting position

• Creating new river channels

These changes repeat, reshaping the land.
Plains are almost entirely 'leftovers' from rivers.

🐟 Trivia about living creatures

4. Fish read the 'flow'

River fish use not only their eyes, but also
an organ on the side of their bodies called the 'lateral line'
to sense water vibrations, speed, and obstacles.
It is thanks to this sensor that they can swim while avoiding stones even in the dark.

5. Rivers are 'highways'

Salmon and eels use rivers for their great migrations.
Eels, in particular,
are born in the deep sea of the Pacific Ocean
→ ride the Kuroshio Current
→ swim up Japanese rivers
→ grow and return to the sea

and embark on this magnificent journey.

🏙 The surprising relationship between humans and rivers

6. Almost all major cities are 'by the river'

Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Paris, London, Bangkok...
Major cities are always located along rivers.

The reasons are

• access to water

• ability to transport goods

• ability to farm

Rivers were humanity's first infrastructure.

7. River bends tend to become 'wealthy areas'

In the past, boats found it easy to dock on the inside of a curve,
and markets and ports were built there, leading to the development of towns.

Even today,
many cities have the 'inside curve of a river = old town/upscale residential area'.

🌧 A bit of mysterious trivia

8. Rivers can rise even when it's not raining

Because rain that fell on the mountain takes several hours to a day to reach downstream,
there are times when 'the river suddenly rises even though it is sunny'.

This is the cause of the majority of accidents while playing in rivers.

9. Rivers have more 'memory' than the sea

The sea mixes everything together, but
rivers carry the soil, plants, and human activities of the basin just as they are.

That is why if you examine river water,

• the state of the forests upstream

• the amount of agricultural chemicals

• and town drainage

can all be understood.
A river is like a resume for the land it flows through.

If you'd like, please feel free to
let me know in the comments 😉

🛒 Finally, today's 'I tried introducing this' corner [PR]

※ Includes links to the Amazon Associates Program.

Inspired by the river, I'm introducing some mineral water!

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