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Hori River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Hori River (Hori-kawa) flows north to south through Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and is part of the Shōnai River system. It is 16.2km long. The name translated means "moat river", from its connection to Nagoya Castle's moats.

Flows through: Japan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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