Data Zone
Country/territory: Japan
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 19,000 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2015 | high | near favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Miyajimanuma, Tegatanuma (Bibai City), Misuminuma (Iwamisawa City), Urausunuma, Shinnuma (Urausu Town), Chashinainuma (Naie Town), Fukurochinuma (Shintotsukawa Town, Sunagawa City) are mainly crescentic lakes located at the middle Ishikarigawa river basin. Surrounding areas are agricultural lands, mainly for rice crop, and lowland swamp vegetation such as Alnus japonica, Salix and Phragmites australis are found around lakes and marshes. At Tsukigase swamp including Ohnuma and Konuma, highland swamp flora is left in part.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Middle Ishikari River basin. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
