Data Zone
Country/territory: Japan
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 9,639 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2015 | medium | not assessed | medium |
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Site description
Lake Shinjiko is a brackish lake located at the downstream area of the Hiigawa river in Shimane Prefecture. The lake is about 45 km around. Most coastlines are reinforced with concrete except the mouth area of the Hiigawa river where small crescents of sand and reed beds remain. Some rare species of fish occurs here.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Shinjiko. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/02/2020.
