City:C/Town:T/
Village:V |
Wetland type |
Biota |
Habitat |
Reason for selection |
Ikawa T,
Ogata V,
Tenno T,
Gojome T,
Hachirogata T,
Yamamoto T,
Akita C |
Bogs,
Fens,
Lagoons,
Lakes and marshes |
Wetland vegetation |
Wetlands in Akita-heiya (Hachirogata- chosei-ike, Tennodeto-shitsugen, Ogata, Megata, Kokkaentsutsumi, Kodatehanatsutsumi, Fukudatsutsumi, Akahiragata, Horyuzaki-tameike and Furukawa) |
[Megata]: Marsh with communities of Scirpus
fluviatilis-Zizania latifolia, Carex dispalata and C. pseudocuraica.
[Tennodeto-shitsugen]: Bog with communities of Phragmites communis
and Sparganium stenophyllum.
[Ogata]: Nymphoides peltata.
[Kokkaentsutsumi, Kodatehanatsutsumi
and Fukudatsutsumi]: Najas japonica, N. yezoensis, Najas minor,
Blyxa echinosperma and Caldesia parnassifolia. [Akahiragata /Horyuzaki-tameike
and Fukukawa]:Nymphoides peltata, Monochoria korsakowii and
submerged plants. |
| Aquatic plants |
Wetlands in Akita-heiya (including Ogata, Megata and Furukawa) |
Habitat of valuable aquatic plants, including Nymphoides
peltata, Monochoria korsakowii and Ranunculus nipponicus
var. submersus. |
| Geese and ducks |
Hachirogata and Otomo-numa Lakes |
Stopover sites of Cygnus cygnus, C. columbianus,
Anser fabalis serrirostris, A. f. middendorffii, A. albifrons
and Anas acuta. |
| Benthos |
Hachirogata- chosei-ike |
Though desalination has advanced, many brackish benthos still inhabit the site. |
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