Kurobe River | |
Name Other: | Kurobe-gawa |
Name Etymology: | Japonic |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Japan |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Toyama |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chūbu |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Shimoniikawa |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipalities |
Subdivision Name5: | Kurobe, Nyūzen, Toyama |
Length: | 85km (53miles) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 12.18m3/s |
Source1: | Mount Washiba |
Source1 Location: | Toyama, Toyama, Japan |
Source1 Coordinates: | 36.4028°N 137.605°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 2924m (9,593feet) |
Mouth: | Sea of Japan |
Mouth Location: | Kurobe and Nyūzen, Toyama, Japan |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.9214°N 137.4244°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
Basin Size: | 667km2 |
The is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. The river is 86km (53miles) in length and has a watershed of 689km2.
The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe Gorge. It comes out of the mountains at Unazuki and forms an alluvial fan which directly sinks into the Sea of Japan.