Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)

This article is about the Naka River in Tochigi and Ibaraki. For other uses, see Naka River (disambiguation).
Naka River
Nakagawa
Naka River at Mito, Ibaraki (January 2007)
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Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki) is located in Japan
Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)
Native name那珂川 (Japanese)
Location
CountryJapan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Nasu, border of Fukushima and Tochigi Prefectures
Mouth 
 • location
Pacific Ocean at Ibaraki Prefecture
 • coordinates
36°20′09″N 140°35′42″E / 36.335954°N 140.594972°E / 36.335954; 140.594972
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length150 km (93 mi)[1]
Basin size3,270 km2 (1,260 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average96.1 m3/s (3,390 cu ft/s)

The Naka River (那珂川, Naka-gawa) is a river in eastern Honshu, Japan. It flows through the prefectures of Tochigi and Ibaraki and empties to the Pacific Ocean. More than 50 species of fish live in the river, including dace, chum salmon, ayu, and herring.[2] The Japanese government categorizes it as a Class 1 river. With a length of 150 kilometres (93 mi), the Naka drains an area of 3,270 square kilometres (1,260 sq mi), including parts of neighboring Fukushima Prefecture.[1] Its source is at Nasu-dake in Nikkō National Park.

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