Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)

River in Kantō, Japan

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)
Map Map
Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki) is located in Japan Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)
Native name	那珂川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Mount 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)
Length	150 km (93 mi)^[1]
Basin size	3,270 km² (1,260 sq mi)^[1]

Discharge
• average	96.1 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.

Naming

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Japanese cruiser Naka

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c 那珂川 [Naka River] (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
^ ウグイとともに春が来る〜栃木・那珂川 [Spring Comes with the Arrival of Dace: Tochigi - Naka River]. にっぽん川紀行 (in Japanese). 7 April 1998. NHK . Retrieved 8 February 2024.

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