Abukuma River
Abukuma River | |
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Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Prefectures | Miyagi, Fukushima |
Cities | Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Kōriyama, Motomiya, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Date, Kakuda, Iwanuma |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mt. Asahi (Fukushima Prefecture) |
• coordinates | 37°09′40″N 139°58′19″E / 37.161°N 139.972°E |
• elevation | 1,835 m (6,020 ft) |
Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan |
• coordinates | 38°02′58″N 140°55′08″E / 38.0494°N 140.9190°E |
Length | 239 km (149 mi) |
Basin size | 5,390 km2 (2,080 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 67.3 m3/s (2,380 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Population | 1,360,000 |
Tributaries | |
• left | Shakadō River, Sasahara River, Ōse River, Gohyaku River, Rokkaku River, Arakawa River, Matsu River, Surikami River, Shiroishi River |
• right | Ōtakine River, Hirose River |
The Abukuma River (
It runs through Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, rising from springs in the peaks of the Nasu mountains, collecting water from tributaries leaving the Ōu Mountains and the Abukuma Highlands, then emptying into the Pacific Ocean as a major river. Its watershed has a 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) area, and about 1.36 million people live in its basin.[2]
The Abukuma River flows north through Fukushima Prefecture's Nakadōri region, past the cities of Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Kōriyama, Nihonmatsu, Date, and Fukushima. The portion of the river flowing between Nihonmatsu and Fukushima forms a deep ravine called Hōrai-kyō (
Notes
[edit]- ^ Takeda, page 51.
- ^ "
日本 の川 -東北 -阿武隈川 -国土 交通省 水 管理 ・国土 保全 局 ". www.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 2024-03-05. - ^ Takeda, page 52.
References
[edit]- Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Oguma, Chiyoichi; Takiguchi, R. (July 7, 2001), Fukushima - Today & Tomorrow, Aizu-Wakamatsu City: Rekishi Shunju Publishing Co., ISBN 4-89757-432-3