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On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake generated huge tsunami waves. Then, tsunami propagation occurred and expanded the flooded area. Tsunami propagation distance was collected and analyzed to estimate the area where we need the defense. It was found tsunami propagation distance in river is about 1.2 to 4.5 times as long as land area and, there is a good correlation between propagation distance in rivers and the bed slope. Furthermore, the dissipation coefficient of tsunami height was successfully estimated by applying the empirical equation and the general relation of wave height to distance.

On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake generated huge tsunami waves. Then, tsunami propagation occurred in rivers, resulting in further expansion of the flooded area. Full data sets of tsunami characteristics such as tsunami inland and river propagation distances as well as the river geometries from all rivers within the Tohoku District were compiled and analyzed. It was found that tsunami propagation distance in rivers was about 1.2 to 4.5 times that of the inland area. There was a good correlation between propagation distance in rivers and the river bed slope. Furthermore, new empirical formulae for calculating the damping coefficient of tsunami wave height and tsunami intrusion length were successfully derived based on the current comprehensive data sets covering a wide range of river geometry and bottom slope. Moreover, tsunami-induced flow discharge was evaluated by using measured water level variation.