title: Yūbetsu River
text: # Yūbetsu River
  
  Yūbetsu River (湧別川, Yūbetsu-gawa) is a river in Hokkaidō, Japan.
  
  As of 2005, some 34,000 people live in its watershed of 1,480 square kilometres (570 sq mi).
  
  ## Course
  
  Yūbetsu River rises in the Kitami Mountains on the slopes of Mount Tengu. The river travels some 87 kilometres (54 mi) to the Sea of Okhotsk.
  
  