Abe River

The Abe River is a Class A river in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. It is 53.3 kilometres long and has a drainage basin of 567 square kilometres.

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Type: Stream
Description: river in Japan
Also known as: “Abe-gawa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abekawa Station and Toro.

Abekawa Station

Railway station

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Abekawa Station is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Abekawa Station is situated 3½ km west of Abe River.

Toro

Archaeological site

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Toro is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, 130 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, Japan. The site contains the ruins of a settlement which dates to the 1st century CE, in the late Yayoi period. Toro is situated 3 km north of Abe River.

Mochimune Station

Railway stop

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Mochimune Station is a railway station in Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company. Mochimune Station is situated 3½ km west of Abe River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suruga-ku and Shizuoka.

Suruga-ku

Suburb

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Suruga-ku is one of three wards of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, located in the southern part of the city. The north east of Suruga-ku faces Aoi-ku; the north west faces Shimizu-ku; the south west faces Yaizu city and the south east faces Suruga Bay. Suruga-ku is situated 3½ km north of Abe River.

Shizuoka

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Shizuoka is the capital city of Shizuoka prefecture in Japan's Chubu region. In 2005, Shizuoka absorbed the neighboring city of Shimizu.

Aoi-ku

Suburb

Aoi-ku is one of three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, located in the northern part of the city. Aoi-ku borders Suruga-ku in the south and Shimizu-ku to the southeast; the west faces Shimada, Fujieda and Kawanehon and its northern tip extends into the border between Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture. Aoi-ku is situated 5 km north of Abe River.

Abe River

Categories: river, Class A river system, and body of water
Location: Shizuoka, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.92954° or 34° 55′ 46″ north

Longitude

138.39922° or 138° 23′ 57″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

8Q6WW9HX+RM

GeoNames ID

1865772

Wikidata ID

Q318136

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Satellite Map

Discover Abe River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Abe River” goes by many names.

Asturian: “Ríu Abe”
Burmese: “အဘဲမြစ်”
Catalan: “Riu Abe”
Cebuano: “Abe Kawa”
Chinese: “安倍川”
Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اب”
Estonian: “Abe jõgi”
French: “Abe”
German: “Abe-kawa”
German: “Abe”
German: “Abekawa”
Hungarian: “Abe”
Irish: “Abhainn Abe”
Japanese: “あべかわ”
Japanese: “安倍川”
Japanese: “安部川”
Korean: “아베강”
Persian: “رود آبه”
Russian: “Абе”
Russian: “Абэ (река)”
Ukrainian: “Абе”
Venetian: “Fiume Abe”
Vietnamese: “An Bội xuyên”
Vietnamese: “Sông Abe”
Vietnamese: “Sông An Bội”
Welsh: “Afon Abe”

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