Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Horomuionuma Pond

Iwamizawa City ・ 幌向大沼

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1976Horomuionuma Pond in 1976Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

Aerial photo of Horomuionuma Pond (Iwamizawa City, Hokkaido) taken in 1976
Taken August 29, 1976. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1976), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Horomuionuma Pond

A pond in the rice-growing area of Iwamizawa City. In the 1991 survey it was a dystrophic lake, with crucian carp, carp, Japanese dace, loach, stone moroko and catfish. Both the 1976 aerial photo and recent photos show paddies around it.

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993), This site: comparison of 1970s GSI aerial photos with recent GSI imagery (sources in Japanese)

Lake data

Surface elevation
10 m
Origin
Unknown
Lake type
Dystrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Lake number
0900number 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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