Kitakami (river)
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Kitakami Kitakami-gawa |
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 View of the river |
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| location | Japan | |
| River system | Kitakami | |
| source | Yuhazu no Izumi (弓 弭 の 泉) | |
| muzzle | Kyūkitakami in ishinomaki bay 38 ° 24 '49 " N , 141 ° 18' 44" O Shinkitakami in Oppa Bay coordinates: 38 ° 34 '32 " N , 141 ° 27' 22" O 38 ° 34 '32 " N , 141 ° 27 '22 " E
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| length | 249 km | |
| Catchment area | 10,150 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
391 m³ / s |
| Residents in the catchment area | 1,389,000 | |
The Kitakami ( Japanese 北上 川 , Kitakami-gawa , German "northern, upper river") is a river on the Japanese main island of Honshū .
It is 249 km long and has a catchment area of 10,150 km², which extends over the prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi . The catchment area is the largest in the Tohoku region and the fourth largest in the country. During the Edo period it was mainly used to transport rice to the capital Edo . As a flood protection measure, the river was divided into two tributaries at the level of the city of Tome . While the Kyūkitakami flows into Sendai Bay in the center of Ishinomaki , the Shinkitakami flows into Oppa Bay .
Course of the river
The Kitakami flows through the following places: