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Hino River
Hino River near Yonago, Tottori, Japan.jpg
Hino River near Yonago, Tottori Prefecture
Country Japan
Physical characteristics
Main source Mount Mikuni and Mount Dōgo, Tottori Prefecture
1,004 metres (3,294 ft)
River mouth Miho Bay, Sea of Japan
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Length 77 kilometres (48 mi)
Basin features
Basin size 870 square kilometres (340 sq mi)

The Hino River (日野川, Hinogawa) is a major river in the western part of Tottori Prefecture. The river flows east-northeast for 1004m beginning from Mikuniyama in Nichinan in southern Tottori Prefecture. At Kofu, the river turns north-northwest before finally discharging into Miho Bay at Heizu near Yonago. Approximately 60,800 people use the water from the Hino River.

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