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Tabaru River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Tabaru River (Tabarugawa) is a stream on Yonaguni, the westernmost island of the Yaeyama Islands in Japan. It runs from a spring on Mount Urabu, the highest point on the island and drains a region of forests in its upper portions, running north through a region of wetlands and rice paddies before meeting the East China Sea at the settlement of Sonai. An intake weir on the upper course of the river provides water for the surrounding community.

Flows through: Japan.

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

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