Shinano River

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river

The Shinano River is Japan’s longest river, flowing through central Honshu before emptying into the Sea of Japan.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Chikuma River 3
Shinano River basin 1
Shinano River system 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shinano River ⓘ
surface form: Chikuma River

Shinano River ⓘ
surface form: Shinano-gawa
basinCountry Japan ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
dischargesInto Sea of Japan ⓘ
drainageArea approximately 11,900 square kilometers ⓘ
drainageBasin Sea of Japan basin ⓘ
flowsGenerally northward ⓘ
flowsIntoBayOrSeaNear Niigata Prefecture coast ⓘ
flowsThroughCity Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niigata NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ueda NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThroughPrefecture Gunma Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nagano Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEstuaryNear Niigata City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFloodplain Echigo Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTributary Sai River ⓘ
Uono River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yoshii River ⓘ
historicalProvince Echigo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinano Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
inLanguage Japanese ⓘ
JapaneseName Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 信濃川
length approximately 367 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
longestRiverIn Japan ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver Nagano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niigata NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouth Sea of Japan ⓘ
notableFor being Japan’s longest river ⓘ
partOf rivers of Japan ⓘ
region Chūbu region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kōshin’etsu region NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSystem Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shinano River system
sourceLocation Mount Kobushi area ⓘ
sourceRegion Japanese Alps ⓘ
upperCourseJapaneseName Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 千曲川
upperCourseName Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chikuma River
usedFor flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
navigation in lower reaches ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shinano River → JapaneseName → Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 信濃川
Shinano River → alsoKnownAs → Shinano River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinano-gawa
Shinano River → alsoKnownAs → Shinano River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chikuma River
Japanese Alps → drainage → Shinano River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinano River basin
Honshu → hasMajorRiver → Shinano River ⓘ
Nagano → hasRiver → Shinano River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chikuma River
Nagano Prefecture → hasRiver → Shinano River ⓘ
Niigata → locatedOnRiver → Shinano River ⓘ
Shinano River → riverSystem → Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shinano River system
Shinano River → upperCourseJapaneseName → Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 千曲川
Shinano River → upperCourseName → Shinano River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chikuma River