Lake Chobushi

Toyokoro Town ・長節湖

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Aerial photo of Lake Chobushi (Toyokoro Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1977 — Taken September 22, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Lake Chobushi

A brackish, lagoon-origin lake on the Pacific coast of Toyokoro Town. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified lake, ranking 6th in Japan among those with a shoreline of 5 km or more (8.6 km). Recorded species include Japanese smelt, Japanese dace and starry flounder, and pintails and greater scaup 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: 1.12 km²#33 in Hokkaido
Maximum depth: 2 m#80 in Hokkaido
Average depth: 1.5 m
Surface elevation: 5 m
Transparency: 0.8 m#53 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin: Lagoon-origin lake
Lake type: Eutrophic
Fresh or brackish: Brackish
Freezing: Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake: Yes (shore entirely natural)
Natural park: None
Lake number: 0760number 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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