Kuji River

This article is about the river in Fukushima, Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefecture. For the river with the identical name in Iwate Prefecture, see Kuji River (Iwate).
Kuji River
久慈川
Kuji River in Hitachiomiya (April 2017)
Map
Location
CountryJapan
StateHonshu
RegionFukushima, Tochigi, Ibaraki
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Yamizo[1][2]
 • elevation1,022[2] m (3,353 ft)
MouthPacific Ocean (at Hitachi and Tokai)[4]
 • coordinates
36°28′54″N 140°36′58″E / 36.4817°N 140.6162°E / 36.4817; 140.6162
Length124[1][2] km (77 mi)
Basin size1,490[1][2] km2 (580 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSakakibashi (榊橋)
 • average27.1[a][3] m3/s (960 cu ft/s)

Kuji River (Japanese: 久慈川（くじがわ）, Hepburn: Kuji-gawa) is a river in Fukushima Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It rises at the northern slope of Mount Yamizo, where the border of these three prefectures is located, and flows into Pacific Ocean at Hitachi and Tokai in Ibaraki Prefecture. It has a length of 124 kilometers (77 mi) and a drainage area of 1,490 square kilometers (580 sq mi), and is designated as a Class A river.[1][2][4]

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