What is Agano River?
[[Image:Agano River.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Agano River]] The '''Agano River''' (''Aganogawa'') is a river which flows from [[Fukushima Prefecture]] to [[Niigata Prefecture]] in [[Japan]]. It is called the '''Aga River''' or the '''Ōkawa River''' in Fukushima. It is 210&nbsp;km long with 7,710&nbsp;km² watershed. In 1927, the Agano River was [[wikt:recognize|recognized]] as one of the [[100 Landscapes of Japan (Shōwa period)|100 Landscapes of Japan]] which best showed Japan and its culture in the [[Shōwa period]].<ref>Japan Ministry of the Environment, [http://www.env.go.jp/nature/ari_kata/shiryou/031208-4-3.pdf 日本八景(昭和2年)の選定内容 {{in lang|ja}}]; retrieved 2012-3-30.</ref> ==Niigata Minamata disease== In 1964, a chemical factory at [[Kanose, Niigata|Kanose village]] in [[Niigata Prefecture]] released [[methyl mercury]] into the river and this caused the [[Niigata Minamata disease]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Japan-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Agano River}} [[Category:Rivers of Japan]]