Nishiki River

Nishiki River
Seen from Kintai Bridge
Native name	錦川
Basin features
Main source	Shūnan, Yamaguchi, Japan
River mouth	Seto Inland Sea
Basin size	885 km2 (342 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	110 km (68 mi)

The Nishiki River (錦川, Nishiki-gawa^?) is a 110 km long river, the longest in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The Nishiki is the main river in a larger system measuring 331.8 km in total. The government of Japan classifies it as a second-class river system. The Nishiki River system drains an area of 884.2 km².

The Nishiki River has its source in the city of Shūnan. At its mouth in the part of the city of Iwakuni that was formerly the separate town of Nishiki, it drains into the Inland Sea.

Dams on the Nishiki include the Kōdō and the Sugano.

This article incorporates material from the article (Nishiki-gawa) in the , retrieved on December 11, 2008.

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