Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Uryunuma Moor Ponds

Uryu Town ・ 雨竜沼池塘群

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1977Uryunuma Moor Ponds in 1977Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

Aerial photo of Uryunuma Moor Ponds (Uryu Town, Hokkaido) taken in 1977
Taken September 25, 1977. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1977), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Uryunuma Moor Ponds

A cluster of bog pools (chito) in the Uryunuma Moor, on a plateau 850 m above sea level east of Mt. Minami-Shokan. The moor began forming about 15,000 years ago in the last glacial period and has about 300 pools and 26 floating islands. The endemic Uryu pond lily and a white water lily bloom in the pools. It was designated a Ramsar Site (Uryunuma Wetland) in 2005. Reaching the moor requires a hike with about 300 m of elevation gain.

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

Lake data

Surface elevation
850 m
Origin
Unknown
Lake type
Oligotrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Natural park
Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park
Ramsar Convention
Ramsar Site
Lake number
0860number 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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