Atetsudai - Atetsudai

Japanese: 阿哲台 - あてつだい
Atetsudai - Atetsudai

A limestone plateau located in the center of the Kibi Plateau in western Okayama Prefecture. Most of it belongs to Niimi City, and a part belongs to Maniwa City. At an altitude of 350-500 meters, it stretches about 18 kilometers east to west and 7 kilometers north to south, making it the second largest limestone plateau after Akiyoshidai in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Karst topography such as dolines and Karenfeldts has developed on the plateau, and there are limestone caves such as Makido, Ikurado, and Himesakakanachiana, which have all been designated as natural monuments of the prefecture. It is also included in the Takahashi River Upstream Prefectural Natural Park. The plateau is mainly used as fields, where tobacco and buckwheat are cultivated, and fruit trees have also been introduced. The limestone layer is 1,100 meters thick, and from the Lower Carboniferous period, small foraminifera fossils from the Permian period have been found in Iwamoto, Shoyama, Kanigawa, and Maki, and Carboniferous fossils have been found in Nagoe and Otari. There are also many unique plants commonly called limestone plants.

[Shogo Yuihama]

[References] | Akiyoshi Belt | Ikura Cave | Maki Cave

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

岡山県西部、吉備(きび)高原中央部に位置する石灰岩台地。大部分が新見(にいみ)市、一部が真庭(まにわ)市に属する。標高350~500メートル、東西約18キロメートル、南北約7キロメートルで、石灰岩台地としては山口県秋吉台に次ぐ規模をもつ。台地上にはドリーネ、カレンフェルトなどのカルスト地形が発達し、満奇洞(まきどう)、井倉洞、日咩坂鍾乳穴(ひめさかかなちあな)などの鍾乳洞(しょうにゅうどう)があり、一括して県の天然記念物に指定されている。また、高梁(たかはし)川上流県立自然公園に含まれている。台地面はおもに畑で、葉タバコやソバの栽培が行われ、果樹の導入もみられる。石灰岩層は厚さ1100メートルあり、下部石炭紀からはペルム紀(二畳紀)の小形有孔虫の化石が岩本、正山(しょうやま)、蟹(かに)川、槇(まき)で、石炭紀の化石が名越(なごえ)、小谷でみいだされる。また一般に石灰岩植物とよばれる特有の植物が少なくない。

[由比浜省吾]

[参照項目] | 秋吉帯 | 井倉洞 | 満奇洞

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