Tenryū River
| Tenryū River 天竜川 | |
|---|---|
Lower Tenryū River in Hamamatsu | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lake Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan |
| • elevation | 759 m (2,490 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Philippine Sea |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 213 km (132 mi) |
| Basin size | 5,050 km2 (1,950 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 135 m3/s (4,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Tenryū River |
The Tenryū River (天竜川, Tenryū-gawa) is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of 213 km (132 mi), it is Japan's ninth longest river.
Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains near Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It then flows through Aichi Prefecture and western Shizuoka Prefecture.