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Musashino Plateau

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233: 37: 179:(river terraces) are found on the plateau. One is formed by the flow of the Tama River on the south side. The lowest terrace (low surface) is the Tachikawa terrace, and the terrace one step higher than that (high surface) is the Musashino terrace. The other is in the north and is thought to be a remnant of the former Tama River channel. 36: 270: 232: 294: 204: 263: 168:
thick. The loam is primarily andesite or basaltic sandy mud formed from volcanic ash that the wind carried west from
164:. The fan is the base layer of the Musashino Plateau, and is covered by the Kantō Loam Formation, which is 5 to 15 309: 256: 289: 304: 299: 202:[Exhibit explanation "Three-dimensional topographic model of Musashino Plateau" (Earth Room)]. 160:
The Tama River carved the Okutama Mountains and deposited a large alluvial fan that spread out from
152:, between the Tama River to the south and the Arakawa River to the north, is built on the plateau. 93: 42: 199: 244: 8: 145: 89: 176: 101: 240: 137: 283: 161: 125: 117: 169: 97: 46: 144:, in the southwest of the plain. Its northern section is in southern 141: 50: 113: 105: 165: 149: 109: 121: 120:
formed by the ancient Tama River, covered by a layer of
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This article about a regional geological feature is a
281: 41:Musashino Plateau and riverbank lowlands of the 71: 65: 264: 271: 257: 282: 16:Large tableland in Kantō region, Japan 227: 194: 192: 80:, also translated from Japanese as 13: 14: 321: 189: 231: 35: 295:Landforms of Saitama Prefecture 208:(in Japanese). November 5, 2020 1: 182: 243:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 136:The plateau is part of the 131: 72: 10: 326: 226: 205:Tamarokuto Science Center 155: 66: 34: 24: 28: 175:Two types of developed 140:. It sits northwest of 310:Regional geology stubs 92:that sits between the 49:rivers, northwest of 290:Landforms of Tokyo 146:Saitama Prefecture 82:Musashino Platform 305:Tables (landform) 300:Plateaus of Japan 252: 251: 61:Musashino Plateau 57: 56: 26:Musashino Plateau 317: 273: 266: 259: 235: 228: 218: 217: 215: 213: 196: 177:fluvial terraces 86:Musashino Region 79: 78: 75: 73:Musashino daichi 69: 68: 39: 22: 21: 325: 324: 320: 319: 318: 316: 315: 314: 280: 279: 278: 277: 224: 222: 221: 211: 209: 198: 197: 190: 185: 158: 134: 116:consists of an 84:and also named 76: 63: 53: 30: 27: 20: 17: 12: 11: 5: 323: 313: 312: 307: 302: 297: 292: 276: 275: 268: 261: 253: 250: 249: 236: 220: 219: 200:"武蔵野台地の立体地形模型" 187: 186: 184: 181: 157: 154: 133: 130: 100:rivers in the 55: 54: 40: 32: 31: 25: 18: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 322: 311: 308: 306: 303: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 288: 287: 285: 274: 269: 267: 262: 260: 255: 254: 248: 246: 242: 237: 234: 230: 229: 225: 207: 206: 201: 195: 193: 188: 180: 178: 173: 171: 167: 163: 153: 151: 147: 143: 139: 129: 127: 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 88:, is a large 87: 83: 74: 62: 52: 48: 44: 38: 33: 23: 245:expanding it 238: 223: 210:. Retrieved 203: 174: 159: 135: 126:volcanic ash 124:formed from 118:alluvial fan 102:Kantō region 85: 81: 60: 58: 138:Kantō Plain 284:Categories 183:References 170:Mount Fuji 148:. Much of 142:Tokyo Bay 90:tableland 51:Tokyo Bay 132:Location 114:plateau 94:Arakawa 43:Arakawa 212:May 8, 166:meters 156:Origin 112:. The 106:Honshu 150:Tokyo 110:Japan 67:武蔵野台地 29:武蔵野台地 19:Place 241:stub 214:2024 122:loam 98:Tama 96:and 59:The 47:Tama 45:and 162:Ōme 104:of 286:: 191:^ 172:. 128:. 108:, 70:, 272:e 265:t 258:v 247:. 216:. 77:) 64:(

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Musashino Plateau and riverbank lowlands of the Arakawa and Tama rivers, northwest of Tokyo Bay
Arakawa
Tama
Tokyo Bay
tableland
Arakawa
Tama
Kantō region
Honshu
Japan
plateau
alluvial fan
loam
volcanic ash
Kantō Plain
Tokyo Bay
Saitama Prefecture
Tokyo
Ōme
meters
Mount Fuji
fluvial terraces


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