Shinano River
The 883rd longest river in the world
The Shinano River (Shinano-gawa), known as the Chikuma River (Chikuma-gawa) in its upper reaches, is the longest and widest river in Japan and the third largest by basin area (behind the Tone River and Ishikari River). It is located in northeastern Honshu, rising in the Japanese Alps and flowing generally northeast through Nagano and Niigata Prefectures before emptying into the Sea of Japan. It is designated as a Class A river.
Flows through: Japan.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.