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Yodo River

The Yodo River (also redundantly Yodogawa River Japanese: 淀川, Yodo-gawa) is the principal river in the Osaka Prefecture of Honshu island, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in the Shiga Prefecture to the north. The Yodo river properly begins at the confluence of the Katsura, Uji and Kizu rivers. At the city of Osaka, the Yoda drains into Osaka Bay.