Kariyata River

Kariyata River



Native name	刈谷田川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Prefectures	Niigata
Physical characteristics

Source
• coordinates	37°24′46″N 139°07′13″E / 37.4129°N 139.1202°E / 37.4129; 139.1202

Mouth	Shinano River
• coordinates	37°37′21″N 138°53′30″E / 37.6224°N 138.8917°E / 37.6224; 138.8917
Length	52.2 km (32.4 mi)
Basin size	240 km² (93 sq mi)

Discharge
• location	Horinouchi

The Kariyata River (刈谷田川, Kariyata-gawa) is a river in Niigata Prefecture in Japan. It is a tributary of the Shinano River, which is the longest in Japan.^[1]^[2]

The river is 52,2^[2] or 53,5^[3] km long, its basin size is 239,8^[3] km².

The river rises near the Sumon-Dake Mountain, on the border between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures.^[2]

References

^ "刈谷田川" (PDF). www.city.mitsuke.niigata.jp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "刈谷田川". kotobank.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
^ ^a ^b "Flood Today, and the Water Scarcity on the Day After Tomorrow Oki and Kanae Laboratory" (PDF). hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-01-23.

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