Kumano River

River in Japan

Kumano River
Kumano River at Shingū, Wakayama
Native name	熊野川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Mount Ōmine
• elevation	1,719 m (5,640 ft)

Mouth
• location	Pacific Ocean
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	183 km (114 mi)
Basin size	2,360 km² (910 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	119.2 m³/s (4,210 cu ft/s)

The Kumano River (熊野川, Kumanogawa) is a river in the Kii Peninsula of central Japan, located in Nara, Wakayama and Mie Prefectures. It is 183 kilometres (114 mi) long and has a watershed of 2,630 square kilometres (1,020 sq mi).^[1]

The river rises from Mount Ōmine in the Yoshino-Kumano National Park in Tenkawa, Nara and follows a generally southward course to drain into the Pacific Ocean on the border between Shingū, Wakayama and Kihō, Mie. The river is part of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which incorporates nature scenery of the Kii peninsula with numerous Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines forming a pilgrimage route.

Municipalities through which the river passes are:

Nara Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture
- Tanabe, Wakayama
- Shingū, Wakayama
Mie Prefecture
- Kumano, Mie
- Kihō, Mie

Hydropower

There are eleven dams in the Kumano basin for generation of hydropower. Five of these are on the Kumano itself (from source to mouth):^[2]

The other six dams are on tributaries of the Kumano.

References

Campbell, Alan. editor (1993). Japan:An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha. ISBN 406205938X. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

Notes

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^ Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs (1961). Japan statistical yearbook, Vol.12. Nihon Tōkei Kyōkai.
^ Kobayashi, Yuzo (2022). "Study on PMP estimation for the flood risk evaluation of hydropower dams in consideration of the future climate change" (PDF).

33°43′54″N 136°00′00″E / 33.73167°N 136.00000°E / 33.73167; 136.00000

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