Kurobe River
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The Kurobe River (黒部川 Kurobegawa?) is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is 86km in length and has 689km² drainage area.
The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe gorge. It gets out of the mountains at Unazuki and forms an alluvial fan which directly sinks into the Sea of Japan.
The Kurobe's rich flow and steep gradient offer good conditions for hydroelectricity. The Kurobe dam is the largest dam in Japan.
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