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Koyoshi River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Koyoshi River (Hepburn: koyoshigawa) is a river in Akita Prefecture, Japan. It originates from Mount Chōkai, where the border of Akita Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture is located, and flows through Yurihonjō and finally into Sea of Japan. The headstream of the river is called Chōkai River (chōkaigawa). It has the third largest drainage area of the class A rivers that flow through Akita Prefecture, after Omono River and Yoneshiro River.

Flows through: Japan.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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