Abukuma River
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Abukuma River (阿武隈川. Abukuma gawa) is the second largest river in Tōhoku region of Japan. Also translated the Abukumagawa River. 239 km length, 5,390 km area watershed.
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Lower course of the Abukuma River (at Kakuda, April 2005)
The source is at the Mount Asahi (旭岳, Asahi dake). It runs eastward in mountains by Shirakawa. From Shirakawa it goes northward. This valley is the Nagadōri (中通り, 'central street') part of the Fukushima Prefecture. Many middle or small size cities develops in the valley: Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Kōriyama and Fukushima. Crossing north edge of long but low Abukuma hills, it enters in the Miyagi Prefecture. Kakuda and Iwanuma are cities of the riverside. It makes the rivermouth to the Pacific Ocean between Iwanuma and Watari.ja:阿武隈川