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Nishiki River

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Native name
  
錦川

Basin size
  
885 km (342 sq mi)

Basin area
  
885 km²

Mouth
  
Seto Inland Sea

Bridges
  
Kintai Bridge

River mouth
  
Seto Inland Sea

Length
  
110 km

Source
  
Shunan

Country
  
Japan

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Main source
  
Shūnan, Yamaguchi, Japan

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The Nishiki River (錦川, Nishiki-gawa) is a 110 km long river, the longest in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The Nishiki is the main river in a larger system measuring 331.8 km in total. The government of Japan classifies it as a second-class river system. The Nishiki River system drains an area of 884.2 km².

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Map of Nishiki River, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

The Nishiki River has its source in the city of Shūnan. At its mouth in the part of the city of Iwakuni that was formerly the separate town of Nishiki, it drains into the Inland Sea.

Dams on the Nishiki include the Kōdō and the Sugano.

References

Nishiki River Wikipedia