500 Important Wetlands in Japan
Okinawa

No.482

Kara-gawa

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Criteria for selection:1
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City:C/Town:T/
Village:V		 Wetland type Biota Habitat Reason for selection
Ishigaki C Mangrove
forests		 Mangrove
forests		 Kara-gawa Habitat of Kandelia candel, Bruguiera gymnorhiza and Rhizophora mucronata. Representative and endemic distribution site of mangrove forest ecosystems. High diversity of mangrove forest ecosystems.

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