Kiso River

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Kiso River
View from Inuyama Castle out over the Kiso river, looking east.
View from Inuyama Castle out over the Kiso river, looking east.
Origin Hachimori Mountain
Mouth Ise Bay
Basin countries Japan
Length 227 km
Source elevation 2,446 m
Avg. discharge 169 m³/s
Basin area 9,100 km²

The Kiso river (Japanese: 木曽川, Kiso-gawa) is a river in Japan roughly 227 km long, flowing through the prefectures of Nagano, Gifu, Aichi, and Mie before emptying into Ise Bay a short distance away from the city of Nagoya.

[edit] Reference

  • Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
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