Hachirogata

Hachirogata ( 八郎潟 , hachirōgata ) is a lake of the Préfecture of Akita, in the North-West of Honshū to the Japan. it is located at 140°E, 40°N. Its formal name is the lake Hachiro ( 八郎湖 , hachirō-KB ). It is also called the Étang of regulation of Hachirogata ( 八郎潟調整池 , hachirōgata chōseichi ).

It was the second plus big lake of Japan after the Lac Biwa. It measured only 5 meters of depth. The wide empoldering began in 1957 with Dutch collaboration , for the production of Riz, and the village of Ogata was built on the acquired ground on October 1st 1964. The remaining part of the lake has a surface of 48,3 km ² (18th the largest of Japan).

Some regard empoldering as an error, since, ironically, Japan started to be worried with a surplus of Riz shortly after the end of work. Others deplored the loss of the Marécage S.

The fishing of the shells of Shijimi (corbicula japonica) was an industry prospèree, but it strongly decreased because the lake became less brackish. In winter, people fish the Wakasagi (hypomesus nipponensis) by digging cold surface. The fishing of the black-bass (micropterus salmoides), fish originating in the the United States, attracts tourists even apart from the prefecture, although it seems that indigenous species are threatened by the invasion of these foreign fish.

According to a legend, a man called Hachiro which had been transformed into dragon had chosen to be established in the lake after a long wandering, and the lake was called Hachirogata (- spoiled means “the lagoon”). Later it was attracted by a woman who had the lake Tazawa, another lake of the Préfecture of Akita, and it moved at over there. After its departure, the level of the lake dropped, transforming it into lagoon.

With 4 meters below sea level, Hachirogata is the point low of Japan.

Article based on the article wikipedia in English (in) : Hachirogata.

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