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1041:Shō River
943:Edo River
426:Kinshū-ko
347:Geto-gawa
304:Waga-gawa
1071:Ōi River
773:Mu River
623:Hokkaido
413:Yuda Dam
142:Location
131:Japanese
116:Japanese
1335:Shikoku
453:Gallery
439:Ecology
362:History
181:, Iwate
147:Country
1434:Kyushu
1423:Kyushu
833:Honshu
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273:Length
167:
164:Source
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112:
376:Jōmon
355:onsen
315:Japan
201:Mouth
150:Japan
536:ISBN
509:ISBN
290:The
420:錦秋湖
383:九年橋
341:夏油川
298:和賀川
124:和華川
109:和賀川
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