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The Agano River (阿賀野川, Agano-gawa) is a river in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. It is also called the Aga River or the Ōkawa River in Fukushima.

Agano River
Agano River and Taima Bridge of Ban'etsu West Line
Native name	阿賀野川 (Japanese)
Location
Country	Japan
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Mount Arakai, border of Fukushima Prefecture and Tochigi Prefecture
• elevation	1,581 m (5,187 ft)

Mouth
• location	Sea of Japan, Niigata Prefecture
• coordinates	37°57′48″N 139°07′46″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	210 km (130 mi)
Basin size	7,710 km² (2,980 sq mi)

Discharge
• average	451 m³/s (15,900 cu ft/s)

The source of the river is Mount Arakai on the border of Fukushima and Tochigi. It flows to the north and meets the Nippashi River from Lake Inawashiro and the Tadami River in the Aizu Basin, and then turns to the west and falls into the Sea of Japan. The Agano River flows for 210 kilometers. It has a watershed area of 7,710 square kilometers.[1]

In 1964–1965, a chemical factory at Kanose village in Niigata Prefecture released methylmercury into the river and caused Niigata Minamata disease.[2]

There are several hydroelectric power plants on the Agano River:

Inawashiro Power Plant (107.5 MW), constructed several steps in 1899–1940. It was the site of the Japan first high-voltage, long-range power transmission line.
Numazawanuma Power Plant (43.7 MW), constructed in 1952.[3] It was the first pumped-storage power plant in Japan.

Agano River near Kitakata
Agano River in Kōnan-ku, Niigata, 5/5/2007

References

"Agano River". Tourist Link. Retrieved 4 March 2013. Archived 3 January 2020
Ceccatelli, Sandra; Aschner, Michael (23 March 2012). Methylmercury and Neurotoxicity. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4614-2382-9.
Simeons, Charles (24 April 2014). Hydro-Power: The Use of Water as an Alternative Source of Energy. Elsevier Science. p. 510. ISBN 978-1-4831-4561-7.

External links

Media related to Agano River at Wikimedia Commons

River systems and rivers of Japan

Rivers of Hokkaido

Sea of Japan	Ishikari River Chitose River Toyohira River Makomanai River Anano River Yūbari River Koetoi River Rumoi River Shiribeshi-Toshibetsu River Shiribetsu River Teshio River Zenibako River
Sea of Okhotsk	Abashiri River Shibetsu River Shokotsu River Tokoro River Yūbetsu River
Pacific Ocean	Akan River Kushiro River Mitsuishi River Mu River Niikappu River Saru River Shizunai River Tokachi River
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Rivers of Honshu

Tōhoku region	Abukuma River Arakawa River Iwaki River Kitakami River Komagome River Koyoshi River Mabechi River Mogami River Natori River Ōhata River Oirase River Omono River Yoneshiro River
Kantō region	Arakawa River Edo River Fuji River Kanda River Kuji River Naka River Sagami River Sumida River Tama River Tone River Tsurumi River
Chūbu region	Agano River Shinano River Seki River Hime River Kurobe River Jōganji River Jinzū River Shō River Oyabe River Tedori River Kuzuryū River Fuji River Abe River Ōi River Sakawa River Tenryū River Toyo River Yahagi River Shōnai River Kiso Three Rivers Kiso River Nagara River Ibi River Kushida River Miya River
Kansai region	Choshi River Ibo River Kako River Kinokawa River Kita River Kumano River Kuzuryu River Maruyama River Muko River Yamato River Yodo River Yasu River Katsura River Kamo River Kizu River Dōton River Yura River
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Rivers of Shikoku

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Shimanto River
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Rivers of Kyushu

Kyushu	Arie River Chikugo River Kikuchi River Kuma River Mimi River Ōno River Ōyodo River
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На других языках

[de] Agano (Fluss)

Der Agano (jap. .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}阿賀野川, -gawa, in Fukushima auch Aga (阿賀川, -gawa) oder Ōkawa (大川)) ist ein Fluss in Japan.

- [en] Agano River

[ru] Агано (река)

Ага́но[1][2] (яп. 阿賀野川 и яп. 阿賀川) — река в районе Хокурику острова Хонсю, Япония.

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