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Lakes Notoro and Abashiri


Site description (2007 baseline):

Site location and context
Lake Notoroko is in the west of Abashiri City, and is one of seven inland sea-lakes on the coastline of Sea of Okhotsk. The length of the coastline of the lake is 35 km. Small rivers flow into the lake, making a salt marsh at the river mouth, and people can enjoy looking at Salicornia europaea. Lake Abashiriko lies between Abashiri City and Memanbetsu Town, and has a 39 km long coastline. On the east of the lake, a marshy woodland has big Alnus japonica, Fraxinus mandshuruca var. japonica and others, and enormous Lysichiton camtschatcense on the forest floors.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lakes Notoro and Abashiri (Japan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lakes-notoro-and-abashiri-iba-japan on 27/12/2024.