| Yoneshiro River | |
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View of the Yoneshiro River From Mt. Nanakura, in Noshiro, Akita
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| Native name | 米代川 (Japanese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Ōu Mountains, Akita and Iwate Prefectures |
| • elevation | 1,024 m (3,360 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sea of Japan |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 136 km (85 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,100 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 254 m3/s (9,000 cu ft/s) |
The Yoneshiro River (米代川, Yoneshirogawa) is a riverinTōhoku region of the northern portion of the island of HonshūinJapan. It is 136 kilometres (85 mi) long and has a watershed of 4,100 square kilometres (1,600 sq mi).[1]
The river rises from Mount Nakadake and Mount Shikakudake in the Ōu Mountains and Mount Hachimantai near the border of Akita Prefecture with Iwate and Aomori Prefectures, and flows to the west through northern Akita Prefecture into the Sea of JapanatNoshiro, Akita.
40°13′18″N 140°00′13″E / 40.22167°N 140.00361°E / 40.22167; 140.00361
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