Arakawa River (Uetsu)
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The '''Arakawa River''' is a river that flows through [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] and [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]] prefectures in northern [[Japan]]. Its source is [[Mount Asahi (Yamagata)|O-Asahidake]], within the [[Bandai-Asahi National Park]] in [[Oguni, Yamagata|Oguni Town]], Yamagata. it flows in an approximately southwesterly direction for {{convert|73|km}} before discharging into the Sea of Japan at Momozakihama in the city of [[Tainai]], Niigata. Its tributaries include the Yokogawa and Onagawa in Yamagata and Sekigawa in Niigata. It covers a total of {{cvt|1150|km2}} and has been classified as a "first-class river" by the Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] as being important to commerce.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/toukei_chousa/kasen/jiten/nihon_kawa/84033/84033-1.html |title=荒川 (MILT government webpage) |access-date=2014-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012010740/http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/toukei_chousa/kasen/jiten/nihon_kawa/84033/84033-1.html |archive-date=2015-10-12 |url-status=dead }} |
The '''Arakawa River''' is a river that flows through [[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] and [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]] prefectures in northern [[Japan]]. Its source is [[Mount Asahi (Yamagata)|O-Asahidake]], within the [[Bandai-Asahi National Park]] in [[Oguni, Yamagata|Oguni Town]], Yamagata. it flows in an approximately southwesterly direction for {{convert|73|km}} before discharging into the Sea of Japan at Momozakihama in the city of [[Tainai]], Niigata. Its tributaries include the Yokogawa and Onagawa in Yamagata and Sekigawa in Niigata. It covers a total of {{cvt|1150|km2}} and has been classified as a "[[Classification of rivers in Japan|first-class river]]" by the Japanese [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]] as being important to commerce.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/toukei_chousa/kasen/jiten/nihon_kawa/84033/84033-1.html |title=荒川 (MILT government webpage) |access-date=2014-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012010740/http://www.mlit.go.jp/river/toukei_chousa/kasen/jiten/nihon_kawa/84033/84033-1.html |archive-date=2015-10-12 |url-status=dead }} |
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