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Naka River (Ibaraki–Kanagawa)

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Naka River (Naka-gawa) is a river in eastern Honshu, Japan. It flows through the prefectures of Tochigi and Ibaraki and empties to the Pacific Ocean. More than 50 species of fish live in the river, including dace, chum salmon, ayu, and herring. The Japanese government categorizes it as a Class 1 river. The river has a length of 150 kilometres (93 mi), and drains an area of 3,270 square kilometres (1, 260 mi2), including parts of neighboring Fukushima Prefecture. Its source is at Nasu-dake in Nikkō National Park.

Flows through: Japan.

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

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