Yoneshiro River

River in Japan

Yoneshiro River
View of the Yoneshiro River From Mt. Nanakura, in Noshiro, Akita
Native name	米代川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Ōu Mountains, Akita and Iwate Prefectures
• elevation	1,024 m (3,360 ft)

Mouth
• location	Sea of Japan
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	136 km (85 mi)
Basin size	4,100 km² (1,600 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	254 m³/s (9,000 cu ft/s)

The Yoneshiro River (米代川, Yoneshirogawa) is a river in Tōhoku region of the northern portion of the island of Honshū in Japan. It is 136 kilometres (85 mi) long and has a watershed of 4,100 square kilometres (1,600 sq mi).^[1]

The river rises from Mount Nakadake and Mount Shikakudake in the Ōu Mountains and Mount Hachimantai near the border of Akita Prefecture with Iwate and Aomori Prefectures, and flows to the west through northern Akita Prefecture into the Sea of Japan at Noshiro, Akita.

References

^ "Yoneshirogawa" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism. 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

40°13′18″N 140°00′13″E / 40.22167°N 140.00361°E / 40.22167; 140.00361

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