Naka River (Tochigi Ibaraki)

Naka River 那珂川
300px Naka River at Mito, Ibaraki in January 2007
Origin	Mount Nasu, border of Fukushima Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture
Mouth	Pacific Ocean at Ibaraki Prefecture
Basin countries	Japan
Length	150 km (93 mi)
Mouth elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Avg. discharge	96.1 m3/s (3,390 cu ft/s)
Basin area	3,270 km2 (1,260 sq mi)

This article is about the Naka River in Tochigi and Ibaraki. For other uses, see Naka River.

The Naka River (那珂川, Naka-gawa) is a river in eastern Honshu, Japan. It flows through the prefectures of Tochigi and Ibaraki and empties to the Pacific Ocean. More than 50 species of fish live in the river, including dace, chum salmon, ayu, and herring. The Japanese government categorizes it as a Class 1 river. With a length of 150 kilometres (93 mi), the Naka drains an area of 3,270 square kilometres (1,260 sq mi), including parts of neighboring Fukushima Prefecture. Its source is at Nasu-dake in Nikkō National Park.

Naming

• Japanese cruiser Naka

References

• Spring Comes with the Arrival of Dace - Naka River, NHK 1998

External links

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