Oyabe River

Oyabe River 小矢部川
Etymology	Ainu
Native name	Oyabe-gawa Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
Location
Country	Japan
State	Toyama
Region	Chūbu
Municipalities	Nanto, Oyabe, Takaoka, Imizu
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Daimon
• location	Nanto, Toyama, Japan
• elevation	1,572 m (5,157 ft)
Mouth	Sea of Japan
• location	Takaoka & Imizu, Toyama, Japan
• coordinates	36.794°N 137.067°E / 36.794; 137.067
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	68 km (42 mi)
Basin size	682 km2 (263 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	24.31 m3/s (858 cu ft/s)

The Oyabe River (小矢部川, Oyabe-gawa) is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The river rises from Mount Daimon on the border of Ishikawa Prefecture and enters the sea at Toyama Bay.

The kanji that spells Oyabe means "little arrow room", but this may be a case of ateji, in which the kanji spelling was applied to the word, regardless of meaning. The word "oyabe" appears to be an Ainu name, oyaw pet [ojawbet], or "snake river", perhaps due to its serpentine course; there is also a legend of a battle with a monstrous snake, whose death created part of the local landscape.