Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Echigonuma Pond

Ebetsu City ・ 越後沼

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

Aerial photo of Echigonuma Pond (Ebetsu City, Hokkaido) taken in 1976
Taken October 28, 1976. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1976), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Echigonuma Pond

A pond in the Ishikari River basin in Ebetsu City. In the 1991 survey it was eutrophic, with reeds and bulrushes, and water chestnut, lotus and pond lilies. Both the 1976 aerial photo and recent photos show it surrounded by fields, but an expressway now runs right beside 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
8 m
Transparency
1.2 m#39 in Hokkaidoas of the 1991 survey
Origin
Other
Lake type
Eutrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Lake number
0950number 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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