The is a continuation of two other rivers, the
Hozu River, a small, speedy river which begins in the mountains near
Kameoka and then slithers through the mountains separating Kameoka and
Kyoto; and the Ōi River (大堰川
Ōi-gawa), which emerges from those mountains and expands into a shallow, slow-flowing river until
Togetsukyo Bridge in
Arashiyama. From that point forward, the river is referred to as the Katsura River, and its flow continues for several kilometers through
Osaka Prefecture until it joins the
Kamo and
Uji rivers.