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Kuzuryū River
Kuzuryū River
	Mouth of the Kuzuryū River
Native name	九頭竜川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Aburasaka Pass Ōno, Fukui
• elevation	717 m (2,352 ft)
Mouth
• location	Sea of Japan
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	116 km (72 mi)
Basin size	2,930 km2 (1,130 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	86.4 m3/s (3,050 cu ft/s)

The Kuzuryū River (九頭竜川, Kuzuryū-gawa) is a river flowing through Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It has its source at the Aburasaka Pass (油坂峠 Aburasaka-tōge) in the city of Ōno and empties into the Sea of Japan near the city of Sakai.^[1]

River system

Some of the main rivers that flow into the Kuzuryū River include: the Itoshiro River, the Hino River, the Asuwa River and the Takeda River.^[1]

River communities

The river passes through or forms the boundary of the communities listed below.

Fukui Prefecture: Ōno, Katsuyama, Eiheiji, Fukui, Sakai

References

^ ^a ^b Pitelka, Morgan (2022-04-07). Reading Medieval Ruins: Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-316-51306-4.

External links

36°13′09″N 136°08′04″E / 36.219227°N 136.134472°E / 36.219227; 136.134472 (confluence with Ibi River)

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[:0-1] Pitelka, Morgan (2022-04-07). Reading Medieval Ruins: Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-316-51306-4.

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