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Yamakuni River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Yamakuni River (Yamakuni-gawa) is a Class A river that flows through the Ōita Prefecture in Japan. In its lower reaches it provides the boundary to the Fukuoka Prefecture to the west. The Yamakuni River arises on the slopes of the sacred Mount Hiko on the border of Oita and Fukuoka prefectures, flowing towards the sea through the Yabakei and Nakatsu plains, and empties into the Seto Inland Sea. Tributaries include the Yamaoi River, Atoda River and Yamautsuri River. It is known as the largest rapid river in Kyushu, and when torrential rain occurs in the upper reaches, a large amount of rain flows down in a short time, which has the characteristic of causing flooding.

Flows through: Japan.

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

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