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1608:Nakama River
1603:Kokuba River
1513:Niyodo River
1484:Tamiya River
1479:Suketō River
1464:Aibiki River
1425:Yoshii River
1420:Tenjin River
1405:Sendai River
1370:Ashida River
1329:
1310:Yamato River
1290:Kumano River
1270:Choshi River
1252:Minami River
1225:Nagara River
1210:Shōnai River
1205:Yahagi River
1195:Tenryū River
1190:Sakawa River
1165:Tedori River
1140:Kurobe River
1112:Chūbu region
1087:Sumida River
1082:Sagami River
1044:Kantō region
1029:Takase River
1019:Oirase River
1009:Natori River
1004:Mogami River
922:
849:Tokoro River
811:Teshio River
791:Koetoi River
784:Yūbari River
749:Sea of Japan
642:
625:. Retrieved
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449:Sanjō Bridge
445:Heian period
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430:Takase River
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371:Nihonkiryaku
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301:Fushimi Ward
273:Takano River
247:village and
238:
213:Kamo Shrines
210:
206:rainy season
174:
172:
142:River system
1585:Ōyodo River
1506:Dōzan River
1365:Asahi River
1340:Dōton River
1160:Oyabe River
1150:Jinzū River
1120:Agano River
1067:Kanda River
1024:Omono River
1014:Ōhata River
979:Iwaki River
796:Rumoi River
777:Anano River
674: /
662:135°44′14″E
455:during the
257:Kyoto Basin
57:Native name
1668:Categories
1575:Mimi River
1570:Kuma River
1555:Arie River
1535:Rivers of
1489:Sako River
1447:Rivers of
1400:Saba River
1380:Hino River
1347:Yura River
1335:Kizu River
1330:Kamo River
1320:Yasu River
1315:Yodo River
1305:Muko River
1280:Kako River
1247:Kita River
1242:Miya River
1220:Kiso River
1200:Toyo River
1175:Fuji River
1135:Hime River
1130:Seki River
1097:Tone River
1092:Tama River
1077:Naka River
1072:Kuji River
1062:Fuji River
945:Rivers of
897:Saru River
872:Akan River
735:Rivers of
659:34°55′53″N
650:Kamo River
627:2019-05-05
488:References
480:. In 1603
457:Edo period
422:Enryaku-ji
345:Onomastics
309:Yodo River
245:Kumogahata
192:onomastics
175:Kamo River
148:Yodo River
127:Basin size
113:Yodo River
40:Kamo River
1580:Ōno River
1395:Oze River
1390:Ōta River
1385:Hii River
1275:Ibo River
1230:Ibi River
1180:Abe River
1155:Shō River
1057:Edo River
351:Kamo-gawa
297:Shimotoba
235:Geography
187:Kamo-gawa
168:Hiroshige
1185:Ōi River
887:Mu River
737:Hokkaido
551:(Japan).
299:part of
261:Kamigamo
77:Location
69:Japanese
29:Kamogawa
1449:Shikoku
584:, ibid.
543:(USA);
453:Tōkaidō
402:History
295:in the
277:Nakagyō
269:Kamigyō
267:in the
265:Demachi
249:Keihoku
82:Country
1548:Kyushu
1537:Kyushu
947:Honshu
547:
539:
523:(ibid)
507:
478:Kabuki
441:Benkei
410:Floods
119:Length
102:
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418:Sōhei
355:kanji
202:Japan
98:Mouth
86:Japan
545:ISBN
537:ISBN
505:ISBN
439:and
363:gawa
359:kamo
330:)."
287:and
219:and
173:The
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184:,
181:鴨川
62:鴨川
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