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244: 48: 190:(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. 47: 281: 243: 305: 215: 274: 179:
thick. The loam is primarily andesite or basaltic sandy mud formed from volcanic ash that the wind carried west from
17: 175:. The fan is the base layer of the Musashino Plateau, and is covered by the Kantō Loam Formation, which is 5 to 15 320: 267: 300: 315: 310: 213:[Exhibit explanation "Three-dimensional topographic model of Musashino Plateau" (Earth Room)]. 171:
The Tama River carved the Okutama Mountains and deposited a large alluvial fan that spread out from
163:, between the Tama River to the south and the Arakawa River to the north, is built on the plateau. 104: 53: 210: 255: 8: 156: 100: 187: 112: 251: 148: 294: 172: 136: 128: 180: 108: 57: 155:, in the southwest of the plain. Its northern section is in southern 152: 61: 124: 116: 176: 160: 120: 132: 131:
formed by the ancient Tama River, covered by a layer of
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This article about a regional geological feature is a
292: 52:Musashino Plateau and riverbank lowlands of the 82: 76: 275: 282: 268: 14: 293: 27:Large tableland in Kantō region, Japan 238: 205: 203: 91:, also translated from Japanese as 24: 25: 332: 200: 242: 46: 306:Landforms of Saitama Prefecture 219:(in Japanese). November 5, 2020 13: 1: 193: 254:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 147:The plateau is part of the 142: 83: 10: 337: 237: 216:Tamarokuto Science Center 166: 77: 45: 35: 39: 186:Two types of developed 151:. It sits northwest of 321:Regional geology stubs 103:that sits between the 60:rivers, northwest of 301:Landforms of Tokyo 157:Saitama Prefecture 93:Musashino Platform 316:Tables (landform) 311:Plateaus of Japan 263: 262: 72:Musashino Plateau 68: 67: 37:Musashino Plateau 18:Musashino Terrace 16:(Redirected from 328: 284: 277: 270: 246: 239: 229: 228: 226: 224: 207: 188:fluvial terraces 97:Musashino Region 90: 89: 86: 84:Musashino daichi 80: 79: 50: 33: 32: 21: 336: 335: 331: 330: 329: 327: 326: 325: 291: 290: 289: 288: 235: 233: 232: 222: 220: 209: 208: 201: 196: 169: 145: 127:consists of an 95:and also named 87: 74: 64: 41: 38: 31: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 334: 324: 323: 318: 313: 308: 303: 287: 286: 279: 272: 264: 261: 260: 247: 231: 230: 211:"武蔵野台地の立体地形模型" 198: 197: 195: 192: 168: 165: 144: 141: 111:rivers in the 66: 65: 51: 43: 42: 36: 29: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 333: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 298: 296: 285: 280: 278: 273: 271: 266: 265: 259: 257: 253: 248: 245: 241: 240: 236: 218: 217: 212: 206: 204: 199: 191: 189: 184: 182: 178: 174: 164: 162: 158: 154: 150: 140: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 99:, is a large 98: 94: 85: 73: 63: 59: 55: 49: 44: 34: 19: 256:expanding it 249: 234: 221:. Retrieved 214: 185: 170: 146: 137:volcanic ash 135:formed from 129:alluvial fan 113:Kantō region 96: 92: 71: 69: 149:Kantō Plain 295:Categories 194:References 181:Mount Fuji 159:. Much of 153:Tokyo Bay 101:tableland 62:Tokyo Bay 143:Location 125:plateau 105:Arakawa 54:Arakawa 223:May 8, 177:meters 167:Origin 123:. The 117:Honshu 161:Tokyo 121:Japan 78:武蔵野台地 40:武蔵野台地 30:Place 252:stub 225:2024 133:loam 109:Tama 107:and 70:The 58:Tama 56:and 173:Ōme 115:of 297:: 202:^ 183:. 139:. 119:, 81:, 283:e 276:t 269:v 258:. 227:. 88:) 75:( 20:)

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Musashino Terrace
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


"武蔵野台地の立体地形模型"
Tamarokuto Science Center
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