Kuma River (Japan)

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Kuma River
Kuma River

Kuma River (球磨川 Kumagawa?) is a river in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan. It is 115 km long and has a drainage area of 1,880 km².

It is considered to be one of the three most rapid rivers of Japan (the other two being Mogami River and Fuji River).

Kuma River is a popular tourist spot. Some 70,000 tourists take ride on the river every year. River is used also for fishing, mainly in June, and for irrigation of nearby rice fields. It empties into the Yatsushiro Sea in Yatsushiro.

[edit] References

  • Brave Men with a Single Oar - Kuma River, NHK 1998


Coordinates: 32.5° N 130.5666667° E

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