Mosappunuma Pond

Hamanaka Town ・藻散布沼

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Aerial photo of Mosappunuma Pond (Hamanaka Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1978 — Taken October 23, 1978. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1978), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Mosappunuma Pond

A shallow, brackish lagoon-origin lake with an intricate shoreline west of the Kiritappu Wetland. It was designated part of the Kiritappu Wetland Ramsar Site in 1993 together with Hichirippunuma. The 1991 survey recorded tufted ducks, greater scaup, goldeneyes and whooper swans in winter.

Sources: Ministry of the Environment, Ramsar Site leaflet: Kiritappu-shitsugen, Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)

Lake data

Area: 0.62 km²#38 in Hokkaido
Maximum depth: 1 m#95 in Hokkaido
Average depth: 1 m
Surface elevation: 1 m
Transparency: 0.8 m#55 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin: Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type: Dystrophic
Fresh or brackish: Brackish
Freezing: Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake: No
Natural park: Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park
Ramsar Convention: Ramsar Site
Lake number: 0620number 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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