Hokkaido Lakes Catalog

Central Hokkaido

Lake Chitose

Chitose City ・ 千歳湖

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GSI Tiles (elevation tiles, seamless aerial photos), processed by this site.

1975Lake Chitose in 1975Aerial photo taken by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, shown with the film edge and instruments intact.

Aerial photo of Lake Chitose (Chitose City, Hokkaido) taken in 1975
Taken October 1, 1975. Source: aerial photo by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (1975), resized.GSI Maps and Aerial Photo Service

About Lake Chitose

A long, narrow lake in the lowlands of Chitose City, 10 m above sea level. In the 1991 survey it was an unmodified, oligotrophic lake, with wild rice, reeds and cattails on the shore, crucian carp, Japanese dace and carp, and teal, spot-billed ducks and mallards.

Sources: Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report (1993), Environment Agency of Japan, Lake Survey Report: Data Appendix (1993) (sources in Japanese)

Lake data

Surface elevation
10 m
Origin
Other
Lake type
Oligotrophic
Freezing
Freezes in winter
Unmodified lake
Yes (shore entirely natural)
Lake number
5010number 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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