Lake Kasumigaura

Japanese: 霞ヶ浦 - かすみがうら

A lake in southern Ibaraki Prefecture. Also called Nishiura, it has an elevation of 0.2m, an area of ^168.22km2 (the second largest in Japan after Lake Biwa), and a maximum depth of 7.3m. There are inlets called Takahama-iri to the north and Tsuchiura-iri to the west, and the Sakuragawa, Onogawa, and Koisegawa rivers flow into the lake, and the Kitatonegawa at the southeastern end drains the lake into the Tone River. It is a mostly freshwater eutrophic lake, and fish such as smelt, icefish, and carp are caught here, but water pollution has progressed and it has become stagnant. In the Middle Ages, it was an important inland waterway and a base for sailors. In the early modern period, Kasumigaura 48 Tsuchi was an autonomous organization of the fishermen of the lake, and they resisted the Mito domain. After the Meiji period, smelt sailing boats were used and became a feature of the lake. Settlements such as Tsuchiura, Takahama (Ishioka City), Aso, and Ushibori developed along the coast. Most of the lake is included in Suigo-Tsukuba Quasi-National Park. In a broad sense, Lake Kasumigaura also includes Lake Kitaura.
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Japanese:

茨城県南部の湖。西浦ともいい，標高0.2m，面積168.22km²（琵琶湖に次ぎ日本第２），最深7.3m。北に高浜入，西に土浦入と呼ぶ入江があり，桜川，小野川，恋瀬川などが流入，南東端の北利根川により利根川へ排水する。ほぼ淡水の富栄養湖で，ワカサギ，シラウオ，コイなどが漁獲されるが水質汚濁が進み不振。中世には内陸水路として重要な位置にあり，海夫の根拠地となっていた。近世，浦の漁民の自治組織として霞ヶ浦四十八津があり，水戸藩に抵抗している。明治以後，ワカサギの帆引船が用いられ，浦の風物となる。沿岸に土浦，高浜（石岡市），麻生，牛堀などの集落が発達する。大部分が水郷筑波国定公園に含まれる。広義の霞ヶ浦は北浦も含む。
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