500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Kyoto

No.259

Tango-hanto Nearshore Waters and Western Wakasa-wan

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Criteria for selection:1,3
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City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Kumihama T,
Amino T,
Tango T,
Ine T,
Iwataki T,
Miyazu C,
Maizuru C
Seaweed
beds
Marine algae Nearshore waters
of Tango-hanto
and western
Wakasa-wan
While both Wakasa-wan and Toyama-wan are large bays on the Japan Sea side of Honshu, the former is much shallower than the latter, and has vast seaweed beds (2000 ha), and is the northernmost habitat of naturally occurring Eisenia bicyclis.

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