City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
Toyohashi C,
Tahara T,
Atsumi T,
Isshiki T,
Gamagori C,
Taketoyo T,
Nishio C,
Hekinan C |
Fallow rice field,
Coastal tidal flats,
Estuaries with
tidal flats,
Lagoons,
Seagrass beds |
Seagrasses |
Mikawa-wan |
Extensive Zostera beds (Zostera marina and Z. japonica) in a tidal flat of Isshiki-higata and off the coast of Jinnoshinden. |
| Shorebirds |
Jinno-shinden |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Vanellus cinereus has been recorded. Visitation of Himantopus himantopus, Numenius madagascariensis, Gallinago hardwickii and Glareola maldivarum (all RDB species) has also been recorded. |
| Shorebirds |
Shiokawa-
higata |
Many bird species are observed in large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons and the wintering season. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Vanellus cinereus, Pluvialis squatarola and Calidris alpina, and more than 0.25% of that of Haematopus ostralegus, Charadrius mongolus, Numenius phaeopus, Tringa erythropus, Arenaria interpres, Heteroscelus brevipes and Calidris ruficollis has been recorded. Visitation of Numenius minutus, Himantopus himantopus, Numenius madagascariensis, Tringa totanus and Gallinago hardwickii (all RDB species) has also been recorded. |
| Shorebirds |
Ikawazu
(Fukue-higata) |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 0.25% of the minimum estimated population of Vanellus cinereus, Charadrius mongolus, Heteroscelus brevipes, Arenaria interpres and Calidris alpina has been recorded. Visitation of Numenius madagascariensis, Tringa totanus and Glareola maldivarum (all RDB species) has also been recorded. In Niibori-gawa estuary occur plant communities typical of salt marsh, including Triglochin asiaticum, Suaeda maritima, Artemisia fukudo and Limonium tetragonum. |
| Shorebirds |
Estuary of
Yahagi-
furukawa |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Vanellus cinereus has been recorded. Visitation of Numenius madagascariensis and Glareola maldivarum (both RDB species) has also been recorded. |
| Shorebirds |
Estuary of
Yahagi-gawa |
Relatively many bird species are observed in relatively large population sizes during the spring and autumn migrating seasons. Visitation of more than 1% of the minimum estimated population of Vanellus cinereus and Calidris alpina, and more than 0.25% of that of Charadrius mongolus, Numenius phaeopus, Tringa erythropus and Arenaria interpres has been recorded. Visitation of Numenius madagascariensis and Glareola maldivarum (both RDB species) has been recorded. |
| Benthos |
Shiokawa-
higata |
Diverse benthic biota. Rich in rare species including Mya arenaria, Aglaja sp., Batillaria zonalis, Neritina violacea, Phenacolepas sp., Melampus sincaporensis, Ellobium chinense, Iravadia (Fairbankia) sakaguchii and Clistocoeloma merguiense. |
| Benthos |
Estuary of
Yahagi-gawa |
The estuary contains a vast salt marsh, where occur various spiral shell species, endemic to salt marshes. |
| Benthos |
Estuary of
Sana-gawa |
Found in the estuary are many gastropods or spiral shells, endemic to salt marshes, including ellobiids, assimineids and batillariids. |
| Benthos |
Mikawa-wan |
Habitat of Ruditapes philippinarum, which is second only to that of Ariake-kai (sea) in terms of abundance. |
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