Kitakami River

The Kitakami river as it flows through Morioka.

The Kitakami river flowing through Kitakami.

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 which direction the water flows from 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 (mouth) 38°24′27″N 141°18′49″E (former mouth)