| Oyabe River (Oyabe-gawa) | |
| 小矢部川 | |
| River | |
| Name origin: Ainu | |
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| State | Toyama |
| Region | Chūbu |
| Municipalities | Nanto, Oyabe, Takaoka, Imizu |
| Source | Mount Daimon |
| - location | Nanto, Toyama, Japan |
| - elevation | 1,572 m (5,157 ft) |
| - coordinates | |
| Mouth | Sea of Japan |
| - location | Takaoka & Imizu, Toyama, Japan |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 68 km (42 mi) |
| Basin | 682 km2 (263 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 24.31 m3/s (858 cu ft/s) |
The Oyabe River (小矢部川 Oyabe-gawa) is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
The river rises from Mount Daimon on the border of Ishikawa Prefecture and enters the sea at Toyama Bay.
The name Oyabe is meaningless in Japanese. It appears to be an Ainu name, oyaw pet [ojawbet] 'snake river', perhaps due to its serpentine course; there is also a legend of a battle with a monstrous snake, whose death created part of the local landscape.[1]