Kitakami River

The Kitakami River is the fourth largest river in Japan and the largest in the . The Class A river is 249 kilometres long and drains an area of 10,150 square kilometres.
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  • Stream
  • Description: river in Japan
  • Also known as
    “Kitakami Gawa”
    “Oppa Kawa”
    “Oppa-gawa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tsuriishi Jinja.
Msawamoto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 2½ km west of Kitakami River.

Kitakami River

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Latitude
38.57654° or 38° 34′ 36″ north
Longitude
141.46227° or 141° 27′ 44″ east
Open location code
8RC3HFG6+JW
Geo­Names ID
2111369
Wiki­data ID
Q1348297

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”
  • Burmese: “ခိတခမိမြစ်”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

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