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Sendai River
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Sendai River (Tottori).
Lower reaches
The mouth of the Sendai River is in the Karo district of the city of Tottori, where it empties into the Japan Sea. Sediment from the Sendai River at the Sea of Japan forms the Tottori Sand Dunes. The lowest reaches and the mouth of the Sendai River are protected as part of Sanin Kaigan National Park (87.83 square kilometres; 33.91 mi), and the Tottori Sand Dunes are designated a Natural Monument of Japan. Lake Koyama (6.9 square kilometres; 2.7 mi), a brackish lagoon to the west of the mouth of the Sendai River, was once an inlet of the Sea of Japan. Sediments from the Sendai blocked the mouth of the inlet over time, separating Lake Koyama from the Sea of Japan.