Kurobe River
The Kurobe River is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The river is 86 kilometres in length and has a watershed of 689 square kilometres. The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe Gorge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Japan
- Also known as: “Kurobe Gawa” and “Kurobe Kawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ikuji Station and Ikujihana Lighthouse.
Ikuji Station
Railway stop
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Ikuji Station is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the city of Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway.
Ikujihana Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ikujihana Lighthouse is situated 3 km southwest of Kurobe River.
Nishi-Nyuzen
Railway stop
Nishi-Nyūzen Station is a railway station on the Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line in the town of Nyūzen, Toyama, Japan, operated by the third-sector railway operator Ainokaze Toyama Railway. Nishi-Nyuzen is situated 3 km east of Kurobe River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kurobe and Nyūzen.
Kurobe
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Kurobe is a city in Toyama Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. As of 1 February 2018, the city had an estimated population of 41,564 in 15,387 households and a population density of 95.8 persons per km2. Its total area was 426.31 square kilometres.
Nyūzen
Town
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Nyūzen is a town in Shimoniikawa District, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 May 2018, the town had an estimated population of 25,007 in 8,970 households and a population density of 350 persons per km2. The total area of the town was 71.25 square kilometres. Nyūzen is situated 7 km east of Kurobe River.
Kurobe River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Toyama, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Kurobe River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kurobe River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kurobe”
- Catalan: “Kurobe-gawa”
- Catalan: “Kurobe”
- Catalan: “riu Kurobe”
- Chinese: “黑部川”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كروب”
- French: “Kurobe-gawa”
- French: “rivière Kurobe”
- German: “Kurobe-Fluss”
- German: “Kurobe-gawa”
- German: “Kurobe”
- German: “Kurobegawa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kurobe”
- Italian: “Kurobe”
- Japanese: “黒部川”
- Korean: “구로베강”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurobe”
- Norwegian: “Kurobe”
- Persian: “رود کوراب”
- Russian: “Куробе”
- Russian: “Куробэ”
- Ukrainian: “Куробе”
- Uzbek: “Kurobe daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Kurobe”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ashizaki and Dejima.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ikuji Hana and Nishinyūzen-eki.
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