Kitakami River
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The Kitakami River is a major river in Japan’s Tōhoku region, flowing through Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures and known historically for its role in regional transport, agriculture, and flood control.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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river ⓘ |
| basinSize | approximately 10,150 square kilometers ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | subject of local folklore and literature ⓘ |
| drainageBasinLocatedIn |
Akita Prefecture (partly)
NERFINISHED
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Iwate Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion | temperate climate zone of northern Japan ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally southward ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
Iwate Prefecture
NERFINISHED
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Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowsThroughCity |
Ichinoseki
NERFINISHED
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Kesennuma area ⓘ Kitakami NERFINISHED ⓘ Morioka NERFINISHED ⓘ Oshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBridge | multiple road and rail bridges ⓘ |
| hasDeltaOrEstuary | estuary near Ishinomaki ⓘ |
| hasFloodControlInfrastructure |
dams
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levees ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| hasFloodHistory | experienced repeated historical floods ⓘ |
| hasTributary | Kitakami River tributaries in Iwate Prefecture ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
flood control projects
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irrigation for agriculture ⓘ regional transport route ⓘ |
| infrastructurePurpose |
flood mitigation
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power generation ⓘ water supply ⓘ |
| knownFor |
flood risk management projects
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importance to Tōhoku agriculture ⓘ role in regional transport history ⓘ |
| length | approximately 249 km ⓘ |
| lengthRankingInJapan | fourth longest river in Japan ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tōhoku region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Japanese national and prefectural authorities ⓘ |
| mouth | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthLocatedIn |
Ishinomaki
NERFINISHED
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Miyagi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Kitakami Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northeastern Honshu ⓘ |
| riverSystem | Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | Iwate Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceRegion | northern Tōhoku ⓘ |
| usedFor |
fisheries
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hydroelectric power generation ⓘ inland navigation (historically) ⓘ rice cultivation irrigation ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Morioka