Kitakami River
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| Kitakami River | |
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 The Kitakami River in Morioka | |
| Native name | 北上川 (Japanese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mt. Nanashigure |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pacific Ocean |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 249 km (155 mi) |
| Basin size | 10,150 km2 (3,920 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 391 m3/s (13,800 cu ft/s) |
Hiraizumi, Iwate
The Kitakami River (北上川, Kitakami-gawa) is the fourth largest river in Japan and the largest in the
Ishinomaki
City.
The Kitakami river was an important transportation route during the
Shōwa periods for hydroelectric power generation, flood control and irrigation.[1] However, another unusual feature is that there are no dams from its mouth to the Shijūshida Dam north of Morioka. This allows for a spectacular salmon run
every fall.
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)
- Morioka)
- 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 River - from the east (Hanamaki)
- Se-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
- Toyosawa-gawa - from the west (Hanamaki)
- Waga River - from the west (Kitakami)
- Isawa River - 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)
See also
References
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External links
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