Ōko waterfall
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 130 ° 24 ′ 51 ″ E | |
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| place | Yakushima , Ōsumi Islands , Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan | |
| flow | Ōko → East China Sea | |
The Ōko waterfall ( Japanese 大川 の 滝 Ōko-no-taki ) is a waterfall on Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture . It has a fall height of 88 m and is part of the list of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan drawn up by the Ministry of the Environment in 1990 . The Japanese name is made up of the Kanjis大 ("large"; ō ) and 川 ("river"; here in the nanori reading ko ).
See also
Web links
Commons : Oko Falls - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about the Ōko waterfall (Japanese)