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Coordinates: 34°13′19″N 135°07′41″E / 34.2220453°N 135.1279644°E / 34.2220453; 135.1279644

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Kinokawa River Kino River, Yoshino River
👁 Image The Kinokawa in Wakayama city.
👁 Kinokawa River is located in Japan 👁 Kinokawa River
Native name	紀ノ川 (Japanese) 紀の川 (Japanese) 吉野川 (Japanese)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Mount Ōdaigahara
Mouth
• location	Kii Channel
• coordinates	34°13′19″N 135°07′41″E / 34.2220453°N 135.1279644°E / 34.2220453; 135.1279644,
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	136 km (85 mi)
Basin size	1,660 km² (640 mi²)

The Kinokawa or redundantly Kinokawa River (紀ノ川 or 紀の川, Kinokawa) is a river in Nara and Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. It is called Yoshino River (吉野川, Yoshinogawa) in Nara. It is 136 kilometres (85 mi) long and has a watershed of 1,660 square kilometres (640 mi²).^[1]

The river flows from Mount Ōdaigahara to the west. It pours into Kii Channel at Wakayama city.

Geography

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The boundary between Nara prefecture and Mie prefecture is designated as the site where the river originates. The rainy season helped to create an Alluvial plain. The course of the river often changes, with frequent floods.

Railroad

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The JR West Wakayama Line partly runs parallel with the river.

History

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Abundant water was useful for human settlement.

It was an area where the Koyasan, Kokawa and Mitsui temples were strong; centralized rule was impossible, until Nobunaga Oda suppressed the Saika Ikki.

The novelist Sawako Ariyoshi titled one of her books after the river.

References

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^ 紀ノ川 [Kinokawa] (in Japanese). Kadokawa. Retrieved 8 February 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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