| Lake Biwa (琵琶湖, Biwa-ko?) | | Lake Biwa from space | | Primary sources | more than 400 small rivers | | Primary outflows | Seta river | | Catchment area | 3174 km² | | Basin countries | Japan | | Max-length | 63.49 km | | Max-width | 22.8 km | | Surface area | 670.4 km² | | Max-depth | 103.58 m | | Water volume | 27.5 km³ | | Shore length1 | 235.2 km | | Surface elevation | 85.6 m | | Islands | none | | Settlements | Hikone
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Sakamoto | | 1 Shore length is an imprecise measure which may not be standardized for this article. | Lake Biwa (琵琶湖, Biwa-ko?), formerly known as Ōmi Lake, is the largest fresh water lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto. Because of its proximity to the ancient capital, references to Lake Biwa appears frequently in Japanese literature, particularly in poetry and in historical accounts of battles. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ...
A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ...
Hikone (彦根市; -shi) is a city located in Shiga, Japan. ...
Sakamoto is a village in Japan: Sakamoto, a small village in Kumamoto Prefecture Sakamoto is also a Japanese surname for several people (sorted alphabetically by given name): The Sakamoto family members, victims of the Sakamoto family murder perpetrated by members of the cult organization Aum Shinrikyo. ...
Shiga Prefecture from outer space. ...
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Grave of the Japanese poet Yosa Buson The best-known forms of Japanese poetry (outside Japan) are haiku and senryu. ...
Area and use The area of this lake is about 670 km², the same size as Awaji Island. Small rivers drain from the surrounding mountains into Lake Biwa, which serves as a reservoir for the cities of Kyoto and Otsu and is a valuable resource for nearby textile industries.It provides drinking water for about 15 million people in the region. Lake Biwa is a breeding ground for freshwater fish, including trout, and for pearl culture industry. Awaji Island (Jp. ...
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Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou subsp) Trout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae. ...
Mariculture is the cultivation of marine organisms for food, either in their natural environment or in seawater in ponds or raceways. ...
The lake's surface rises as much as three metres in spring because of melting snow and spring rains and in autumn because of typhoon rains.
Natural history of the lake Lake Biwa is the world's third oldest lake (after Lake Baikal and Lake Tanganyika), dating to almost 4 million years ago. This long uninterrupted age has allowed for a notably diverse ecosystem to evolve in the lake. Naturalists have documented about 1100 kinds of living things in the lake, including 58 species found nowhere else on earth. Lake Biwa is important place for water birds. About 5 thousand water birds visit Lake Biwa every year. Recently the biodiversity of the lake has suffered greatly due to the invasion of foreign fish, the black bass and the bluegill. Bluegill were given as a gift to the emperor and later freed in the lake as a food source for other fish. Black bass were introduced as a sport fish. Lake Baikal The Yenisei River basin, Lake Baikal, and the cities of Dikson, Dudinka, Turukhansk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk Lake Baikal is the largest (by volume), deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. ...
Fishermen on Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika is a large lake in central Africa (3° 20 to 8° 48 South and from 29° 5 to 31° 15 East). ...
In ecology, an ecosystem is a combination of all the living and non-living elements of an area. ...
Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity or biological diversity is the diversity of life. ...
Species M. cataractae - shoal bass M. coosae - redeye bass M. dolomieu - smallmouth bass M. notius - Suwannee bass M. punctulatus - spotted bass M. salmoides - largemouth bass M. treculii - Guadalupe bass Micropterus Lacépède, 1802, is a genus of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (family Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. ...
Environmental legislation protecting the lake Various environmental laws cover Lake Biwa:
This was enacted in 1981 and first enforced on July 1, 1982; therefore, this day is called “the day of Lake Biwa”. The characteristic of the treaty is that local government established standards for the nitrogen and phosphorus levels for agricultural, industrial, and household water sources emptying into the lake. They also banned from people using and selling synthetic detergents that included phosphorus. Eutrophication is apparent as increased turbidity in the northern part of the Caspian Sea, imaged from orbit. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number nitrogen, N, 7 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 14. ...
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The Ramsar treaty
 Reeds on the shore of Lake Biwa The lake was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland (1993) in accordance to the Ramsar Convention. The object of this treaty is to plan the protection and sensible use of internationally precious marsh. The Kushiro marsh in Japan is under this treaty now. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 128 KB)Sunrise over Lake Biwa, behind Biwako Conference Center [1]. Photo by copyright owner A-giâu, taken in 2004. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 128 KB)Sunrise over Lake Biwa, behind Biwako Conference Center [1]. Photo by copyright owner A-giâu, taken in 2004. ...
UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...
Freshwater marsh in Florida In geography, a marsh is a type of wetland, featuring grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, cat tails, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water. ...
Kushiro (釧路市; -shi) is a city located in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. ...
Shiga Ordinance for the Conservation of Reed Vegetation Zones The reed colony on shore forms the scenery in Lake Biwa and has been used as bamboo blind. It is said that the reeds play an important role in purifying water as well as providing habitat for birds and fish. At one time there was a large reed colony along the shores of Lake Biwa, which local government surveys found were recently decreased by half due to encroaching development. This ordinance was established to protect, grow, and utilize the reed colony. It has been in force since 1992. species Pragmites australis Reed is a generic term used to describe numerous plants including: Common Reed (Phragmites australis Cav. ...
See also See Lake Biwa for the lake in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. ...
Birdman Rally (1977-) is a Japanese homemade glider and human-powered flight competition. ...
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Gliders are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended for unpowered flight. ...
Human-powered transport is transport powered by human muscle. ...
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