Kurobe River
Kurobe River 黒部川 | |
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Etymology | Japonic |
Native name | Kurobe-gawa |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
State | Toyama |
Region | Chūbu |
District | Shimoniikawa |
Municipalities | Kurobe, Nyūzen, Toyama |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mount Washiba |
• location | Toyama, Toyama, Japan |
• coordinates | 36°24′10″N 137°36′18″E / 36.40278°N 137.60500°E |
• elevation | 2,924 m (9,593 ft) |
Mouth | Sea of Japan |
• location | Kurobe and Nyūzen, Toyama, Japan |
• coordinates | 36°55′17″N 137°25′28″E / 36.92139°N 137.42444°ECoordinates: 36°55′17″N 137°25′28″E / 36.92139°N 137.42444°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 85 km (53 mi) |
Basin size | 667 km2 (258 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 12.18 m3/s (430 cu ft/s) |
The Kurobe River (黒部川, Kurobe-gawa) is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. 86 kilometres (53 mi) in length, it has a watershed of 689 km².
The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe Gorge. It comes out of the mountains at Unazuki and forms an alluvial fan which directly sinks into the Sea of Japan.
Geography[]
Tributary[]
- Kuronagi River
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Categories:
- Rivers of Toyama Prefecture
- Toyama (city)
- Nyūzen, Toyama
- Kurobe, Toyama
- Rivers of Japan
- Toyama Prefecture geography stubs
- Japan river stubs