Abukuma River

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title: "Abukuma River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-fukushima-prefecture", "rivers-of-miyagi-prefecture", "marumori,-miyagi", "kakuda,-miyagi", "shibata,-miyagi", "watari,-miyagi", "iwanuma,-miyagi", "rivers-of-japan"] description: "River in Tōhoku, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abukuma_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in Tōhoku, Japan ::

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Field	Value
name	Abukuma River
native_name	ja
name_etymology
image	AbukumaGawa2005-4b.jpg
image_caption	The Abukuma River in 2005 at Kakuda in Miyagi
map
pushpin_map_caption
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Japan
subdivision_type2	Prefectures
subdivision_name2	Miyagi, Fukushima
subdivision_type5	Cities
subdivision_name5	Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Kōriyama, Motomiya, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima, Date, Kakuda, Iwanuma
	length
discharge1_avg	67.3 m3/s
discharge1_max
source1	Mt. Asahi (Fukushima Prefecture)
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	1835 m
mouth	Pacific Ocean
mouth_location	Iwanuma, Miyagi, Japan
mouth_coordinates
basin_size	5390 km2
tributaries_left	Shakadō River, Sasahara River, Ōse River, Gohyaku River, Rokkaku River, Arakawa River, Matsu River, Surikami River, Shiroishi River
tributaries_right	Ōtakine River, Hirose River
basin_population	1,360,000
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It runs through Fukushima Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, rising from springs in the peaks of the Nasu mountains, collecting water from tributaries leaving the Ōu Mountains and the Abukuma Highlands, then emptying into the Pacific Ocean as a major river. Its watershed has a 5400 km2 area, and about 1.36 million people live in its basin.

The Abukuma River flows north through Fukushima Prefecture's Nakadōri region, past the cities of Shirakawa, Sukagawa, Kōriyama, Nihonmatsu, Date, and Fukushima. The portion of the river flowing between Nihonmatsu and Fukushima forms a deep ravine called . Crossing the northern edge of the long but low Abukuma hills, the Abukuma River then flows into Miyagi Prefecture, past the city of Kakuda and between Iwanuma and Watari before reaching the Pacific. Abukuma has a tributary called the Arakawa River.

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References

References

1. Takeda, page 51.
2. "日本の川 - 東北 - 阿武隈川 - 国土交通省水管理・国土保全局".
3. Takeda, page 52.

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