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Tanegashima Rivers Tanegashima has quite a few rivers compliments of the copious amounts of rain the island receives throughout the year. Although numerous, the longest rivers top out at about 10 kilometers. A ridge, which basically runs the length of the island from North to South provides the elevation necessary for these rivers to form, most of which run all the way to the coast. River Map The key to the map is as follows: Horizontal Black Lines - These denote the approximate coastal boundaries of: Nishinoomote city to the north Nakatane town in the middle Minamitane town to the south Vertical Black Lines - These denote the approximate boundaries of east and west used on this map. Red Numbers - These show the approximate locations of rivers on Tanegashima.

Tanegashima Rivers   West Coast Rivers East Coast Rivers     Nishinoomote Nishinoomote River Number 1 - small unnamed local river River Number 2 - Koonagawa River - 甲女川 River Number 3 - small unnamed local river River Number 4 - small unnamed local river River Number 5 - small unnamed local river River Number 6 - Hamanocho River - 浜之町川    (Rivers 6 and 7 are tributaries which meet to form Hamanocho River) River Number 7 - Hamanocho River - 浜之町川    (Rivers 6 and 7 are tributaries which meet to form Hamanocho River) River Number 8 - small unnamed local river River Number 9 - small unnamed local river River Number 10 - small unnamed local river River Number 11 - small unnamed local river River Number 1 - small unnamed local river River Number 2 - Minato River - 湊川    (Rivers 2 and 6 are both called Minato River) River Number 3 - small unnamed local river River Number 4 - Nishikyo River - 西京川    (Google calls this the Saikyo River) River Number 5 - Anna River - 安納川    (Google calls this the Anno River) River Number 6 - Minato River - 湊川    River Number 7 - Asakawa River (Google) River Number 8 - small unnamed local river    (Rivers 2 and 6 are both called Minato River) River Number 9 - small unnamed local river River Number 10 - Kawawaki River - 川脇川    (Google calls this the Kouwaki River) River Number 11 - Okawatagawa River - 大川田川 River Number 12 - Waseda River - 早稲田川 River Number 13- small unnamed local river Nakatane Nakatane River Number 1 - small unnamed local river River Number 2 - small unnamed local river River Number 3 - small unnamed local river River Number 4 - Wakino River - 脇之川 River Number 5 - small unnamed local river River Number 6 - small unnamed local river River Number 7 - Owatase River - 大渡瀬川    (Google calls this the Owatarise River) River Number 8 - small unnamed local river River Number 9 - small unnamed local river River Number 10 - small unnamed local river River Number 11 - small unnamed local river River Number 12 - small unnamed local river River Number 13 - Adakaiso River (Google)  (Google shows this river running all the way to the other side of the island, see Nakatane East Coast River Number 8) River Number 14 - Bukahama River - 苦浜川    (Google calls this the Kuhama River) River Number 15 - small unnamed local river River Number 16 - small unnamed local river River Number 17 - small unnamed local river River Number 1 - Mukai River - 向井川 River Number 2 - Furukawa - 沸川    (Google calls this the Nie River) River Number 3 - small unnamed local river River Number 4 - small unnamed local river River Number 5 - small unnamed local river River Number 6 - small unnamed local river River Number 7 - small unnamed local river River Number 8 - Adakaiso River (Google)  (Google shows this river running all the way to the other side of the island, see Nakatane West Coast River Number 13) River Number 9 - Kumano River - 熊野川 River Number 10 - Atake River - 阿嶽川    (Google calls this the Kumatake River) Minamitane Minamitane River Number 1 - Tanikire River (Google) River Number 2 - Tsuka River (Google) River Number 3 - Shimama River - 島間川 River Number 4 - small unnamed local river River Number 5 - small unnamed local river River Number 6 - Okawa River - 大川川 River Number 7 - small unnamed local river River Number 1- small unnamed local river River Number 2 - Oura River - 大浦川 River Number 3 - small unnamed local river River Number 4 - small unnamed local river River Number 5 - Abusukugawa River - 阿武鋤川    (Google calls this the Abusuki River) River Number 6 - small unnamed local river River Number 7 - Miyase River - 宮瀬川 River Number 8 - Korigawa - 郡川 River Number 9 - Kanari River - 鹿鳴川    (Google calls this the Shikanaki River)

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