Yūbetsu River

Yūbetsu River (Yūbetsu-gawa)
湧別川
River
Country Japan
State Hokkaidō
Region Abashiri
District Monbetsu
Municipalities Engaru, Kamiyūbetsu, Yūbetsu
Source Mount Tengu (Ishikari)
 - location Engaru, Hokkaidō, Japan
 - elevation 1,553 m (5,095 ft)
 - coordinates
Mouth Sea of Okhotsk
 - location Yūbetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
 - elevation 0 m (0 ft)
 - coordinates
Length 87 km (54 mi)
Basin 1,480 km2 (571 sq mi)
Discharge
 - average 33.56 m3/s (1,185 cu ft/s)

Yūbetsu River (湧別川 Yūbetsu-gawa?) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.

As of 2005, some 34,000 people live in its watershed of 1,480 square kilometres (570 sq mi).[1]

Course

Yūbetsu River rises in the Kitami Mountains on the slopes of Mount Tengu.[1] The river travels some 87 kilometres (54 mi) to the Sea of Okhotsk.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "湧別川" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport and Tourism Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau. http://www.hkd.mlit.go.jp/zigyoka/z_kasen/kawa/pro_yubetu.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.