Lake Hibara

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Location Kitashiobara
Coordinates 37°41′0″N 140°3′20″E / 37.68333°N 140.05556°E / 37.68333; 140.05556Coordinates: 37°41′0″N 140°3′20″E / 37.68333°N 140.05556°E / 37.68333; 140.05556
Basin  countries Japan
Surface area 10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Max. depth 30.5 m (100 ft)
Water volume 0.13 km3 (110,000 acre·ft)
Shore  length1 31.5 km (19.6 mi)
Surface  elevation 822.0 m (2,696.9 ft)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Creation

Hibara Lake is a mesotrophic lake. It was created because of the July 15, 1888 eruption of Mount Bandai. The debris avalanche created a natural dam that then filled with water. It sank Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).. The ruins of Hibara Village are still at the bottom of the lake.[2]

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Notes

  1. Takeda T., page 174.
  2. 裏磐梯を代表する湖沼群 (in 日本語). 裏磐梯観光協会. Archived from the original on November 29, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2011.

References

  • Takeda, Toru; Hishinuma, Tomio; Kamieda, Kinuyo; Dale, Leigh; Oguma, Chiyoichi (August 10, 1988). "Hello! Fukushima - International Exchange Guide Book" (1988 ed.). Fukushima City: Fukushima Mimpo Press. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)