Mokeuninuma Pond

Sarufutsu Village ・モケウニ沼

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Aerial photo of Mokeuninuma Pond (Sarufutsu Village, Hokkaido) taken in 1977 — Taken November 7, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Mokeuninuma Pond

A lagoon-origin pond in Sarufutsu Village, inside Kita Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park, forming a group with Mokeunikonuma and Mokeunidaiichinuma. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake with pondweed and water chestnut, crucian carp, carp, sticklebacks and Japanese dace, and tundra swans in winter.

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)

Lake data

Area: 0.49 km²#41 in Hokkaido
Maximum depth: 4 m#49 in Hokkaido
Average depth: 3 m
Surface elevation: 5 m
Transparency: 0.9 m#47 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin: Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type: Dystrophic
Fresh or brackish: Freshwater
Freezing: Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake: Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park: Kita Okhotsk Prefectural Natural Park
Lake number: 0091number in the national lake survey

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, 4th National Survey on the Natural Environment: Lake Survey Report (1993). Area and depth use newer figures from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan where available. Origin, lake type, transparency, freezing and unmodified status are as of the 1991 survey.

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