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Ōita-gawa

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Ōita River (Ōita-gawa) is a river in Ōita Prefecture in Japan on the island of Kyushu. It is designated as a Class A river. The river is 55 km (34 mi) long, its basin size is 650 km2 (250 sq mi). The river rises on the slopes of Mount Yufu, then flows southwest in the Yufuin basin. After passing mountain gorges it flows through the Ōita plain and discharges into Beppu Bay

Flows through: Japan.

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

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