500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Okinawa

No.452

Rice Paddies in Kijoka

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Criteria for selection:3

City:C/Town:T/
Village:V
Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Ogimi V Rice
paddies
Insects Rice paddies
in Kijoka
This area along a wide valley extending from Kijoka community is rich in water sources, with many paddy fields and fallow fields. The species diversity of dragonflies and aquatic hemipterans is high and their population sizes are large.

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