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Kumano River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Kumano River (Kumanogawa) is a Class A river in the Kii Peninsula of central Japan, located in Nara, Wakayama and Mie Prefectures. It is 183 kilometres (114 mi) long and has a watershed of 2,630 square kilometres (1, 020 sq mi). The river rises from Mount Ōmine in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park in Tenkawa, Nara and follows a generally southward course to drain into the Pacific Ocean on the border between Shingū, Wakayama and Kihō, Mie. The river is part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which incorporates nature scenery of the Kii peninsula with numerous Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines forming a pilgrimage route. Municipalities through which the river passes are: Nara Prefecture Tenkawa, Nara Gojō, Nara Totsukawa, Nara Wakayama Prefecture Tanabe, Wakayama Shingū, Wakayama Mie Prefecture Kumano, Mie Kihō, Mie

Flows through: Japan.

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

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