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The '''Kitakami River''' is a river in [[Japan]]. It is the longest river in [[Tohoku]]. It is 249 km long. The Kitakami River is one of the cleanest rivers in all of Japan. |
The '''Kitakami River''' is a river in [[Japan]]. It is the longest river in [[Tohoku]]. It is 249 km long. The Kitakami River is one of the cleanest rivers in all of Japan. |
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== Tributaries == |
== Tributaries == |
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In Iwate Prefecture from north to south showing which direction the water flows |
In Iwate Prefecture from north to south showing from which direction the water flows and the city where it empties into the Kitakami River. |
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* Tanto-gawa - from the east ([[Iwate, Iwate|Iwate]]) |
* Tanto-gawa - from the east ([[Iwate, Iwate|Iwate]]) |
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* Matsu-gawa - from the west ([[Hachimantai, Iwate|Hachimantai]]) |
* Matsu-gawa - from the west ([[Hachimantai, Iwate|Hachimantai]]) |
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Revision as of 13:08, 25 August 2010
The Kitakami River is a river in Japan. It is the longest river in Tohoku. It is 249 km long. The Kitakami River is one of the cleanest rivers in all of Japan.
Tributaries
In Iwate Prefecture from north to south showing from which direction the water flows and the city where it empties into the Kitakami River.
- Tanto-gawa - from the east (Iwate)
- Matsu-gawa - from the west (Hachimantai)
- Nakatsu-gawa - from the east (Morioka)
- Shizukuishi-gawa - from the west (Morioka)
- Iwasaki-gawa - from the west (Shiwa)
- Takina-gawa - from the west (Shiwa)
- Kuzumaru-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
- Hienuki-gawa - from the east (Hanamaki)
- Sarugaishi-gawa - from the east (Hanamaki)
- Se-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
- Toyosawa-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
- Waga-gawa - from the west (Kitakami)
- Isawa-gawa - from the west (Ōshū)
- Hirose-gawa - from the east (Ōshū)
- Hitokabe-gawa - from the east (Ōshū)
- Koromo-gawa - from the west (Hiraizumi)
- Iwai-gawa - from the west (Ichinoseki)
- Kitetsu-gawa - from the north (Ichinoseki)
- Senmaya-gawa - from the east (Ichinoseki)
- Kinomi-gawa - from the east(Fujisawa)
- Kinryu-gawa - from the west(Ichinoseki)
Popular culture
In Varan the Unbelievable, the movie's title villain was a native of the Kitakami River.
External links
38°34′36″N 141°27′36″E / 38.576719°N 141.460111°E (mouth) 38°24′27″N 141°18′49″E / 38.407483°N 141.313667°E (former mouth)
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