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Yoshino River

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Yoshino River (Yoshino-gawa) is a Class A river on the island of Shikoku, Japan. It is 194 km (121 mi) long and has a watershed of 3,750 km2 (1, 450 sq mi). It is the second longest river in Shikoku (slightly shorter than the Shimanto), and is the only river whose watershed spreads across all four prefectures of the island.

Flows through: Japan.

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

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