Kitakami River
The Kitakami River is the fourth largest river in Japan and the largest in the Tōhoku region. It is 249 kilometres long and drains an area of 10,150 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yisris, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Japan
- Also known as: “Kitakami Gawa”, “Oppa Kawa”, and “Oppa-gawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tsuriishi Jinja.
Tsuriishi Jinja
Shinto shrine
Photo: Msawamoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsuriishi Jinja is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 2½ km west of Kitakami River.
Kitakami River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Kitakami River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kitakami”
- Basque: “Kitakami ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Кітакамі”
- Bulgarian: “Китаками (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Китаками”
- Catalan: “Kitakami”
- Catalan: “riu Kitakami”
- Cebuano: “Kyūkitakami Gawa”
- Chinese: “北上川”
- Czech: “Kitakami”
- Dutch: “Kitakami River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كيتاكامى”
- French: “Kitakami-gawa”
- German: “Kitakami-gawa”
- German: “Kitakami”
- German: “Kitakamigawa”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kitakami”
- Italian: “Kitakami”
- Japanese: “きたかみがわ”
- Japanese: “北上川”
- Korean: “기타카미강”
- Persian: “رود کیتاکامی”
- Polish: “Kitakami”
- Russian: “Китаками”
- Slovenian: “Kitakami”
- Spanish: “Kitakami”
- Spanish: “Río Kitakami”
- Turkish: “Kitakami Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Кітакамі”
- Uzbek: “Kitakami”
- Welsh: “Afon Kitakami”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tsukihama and Kitakamichō-jūsanhama.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shirahama Fishing Port and Hashiriga Saki.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kitakami River”. Photo: Yisris, CC BY-SA 4.0.