Word Meaning 河川

かせん kasen

河川 is read as かせん (kasen) and means rivers.

Meaning

English

  1. rivers

Reading

Kana

かせん

Romaji

kasen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Related Words ,, Rank 2939 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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河川工事

かせんこうじ

riparian works

河川工学

かせんこうがく

river engineering

河川学

かせんがく

potamology

河川法

かせんほう

River Act

河川水

かせんすい

river water

河童の川流れ

かっぱのかわながれ

anyone can make a mistake

中小河川

ちゅうしょうかせん

small and medium-sized rivers

間欠河川

かんけつかせん

intermittent river

河川敷

かせんじき

flood plain

一級河川

いっきゅうかせん

class A river

感潮河川

かんちょうかせん

tidal river

恒常河川

こうじょうかせん

perennial river

Example Sentences

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The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.

Rapid industrialization could shrink our rivers even further.

Evaporation from oceans, lakes, and rivers creates 90% of the water in air.

The Yalu River is located on the China–North Korea border and is an important boundary river between Liaoning Province in China and North Korea.

Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.