Shinano River

The Shinano River, known as the Chikuma River in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area. It is located in northeastern , rising in the and flowing generally northeast through and Prefectures before emptying into the .
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  • Stream
  • Description: longest river of Japan
  • Also known as
    “Chikuma River”
    “Schinano Gawa”
    “Shin-gawa”
    “Shinano Kawa”
    “Sinano Kawa”
    “Sinanogawa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Niigata Airport and Niigata Thermal Power Station.
is an international airport located… is situated 4 km east of Shinano River.
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is an LNG-fired thermal…
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is a in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chūō-ku and Higashi-ku.
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is one of the eight wards of Niigata City… is situated 3½ km southwest of Shinano River.
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is one of the eight wards of Niigata City… is situated 4 km southeast of Shinano River.
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is a city located in the northern part of .

Shinano River

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Latitude
37.95° or 37° 57′ north
Longitude
139.06667° or 139° 4′ east
Open location code
8Q9XX328+2M
Geo­Names ID
1852134
Wiki­data ID
Q734455

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shinano River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر شينانو”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Shinano”
  • Balinese: “Tukad Shinano”
  • Basque: “Shinano ibaia”
  • Belarusian: “Сінана”
  • Belarusian: “Сінано”
  • Burmese: “ရှိနနိုမြစ်”
  • Catalan: “riu Shinano”
  • Catalan: “Shinano”
  • Cebuano: “Shinano Gawa”
  • Chinese: “信浓川”
  • Chinese: “信濃川”
  • Chinese: “千曲川”
  • Czech: “Čikuma”
  • Czech: “Čikumagawa”
  • Czech: “Šinano”
  • Czech: “Šinanogawa”
  • Dutch: “Shinano”
  • Dutch: “Shinanogawa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر شينانو”
  • Finnish: “Shinano-gawa”
  • Finnish: “Shinano-joki”
  • Finnish: “Shinano”
  • French: “Chikuma”
  • French: “rivière Shinano”
  • French: “Shinano-gawa”
  • French: “Shinano”
  • Georgian: “სინანო”
  • German: “Shinano-gawa”
  • German: “Shinano”
  • Greek: “Σινάνο”
  • Hebrew: “נהר שינאנו”
  • Hebrew: “שינאנו”
  • Hindi: “शिनानो नदी”
  • Indonesian: “Sungai Shinano”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Shinano”
  • Italian: “Shinano”
  • Japanese: “信濃川”
  • Japanese: “千曲川”
  • Korean: “시나노강”
  • Korean: “지쿠마 강”
  • Lithuanian: “Šinanas”
  • Macedonian: “Шинано”
  • Malay: “Sungai Shinano”
  • Mongolian: “Шинано гол”
  • Mongolian: “Шинаногава”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chikuma”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shinano”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Uone”
  • Norwegian: “Shinano”
  • Persian: “رود شینانو”
  • Persian: “رود شینانوگاوا”
  • Polish: “Shinano”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Shinano”
  • Russian: “Синано-гава”
  • Russian: “Синано”
  • Russian: “Тикума-гава”
  • Russian: “Тикума”
  • Serbian: “Šinano”
  • Serbian: “Река Шинано”
  • Serbian: “Шинано”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shinano”
  • Slovak: “Šinano (rieka)”
  • Slovak: “Šinano”
  • Slovenian: “Šinano”
  • Spanish: “Río Chikuma”
  • Spanish: “Río Shinano”
  • Swedish: “Shinanogawa”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำชินะโนะ”
  • Thai: “แม่น้ำชินาโนะ”
  • Turkish: “Shinano Nehri”
  • Ukrainian: “Річка Тікума”
  • Ukrainian: “Сінано”
  • Ukrainian: “Шінано”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Shinano”
  • Vietnamese: “Sông Shinano”
  • Vietnamese: “Tín Nồng xuyên”
  • Welsh: “Afon Shinano”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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