Uryu Swamp High Moor Zone - Uryu Swamp High Moor Zone

...The area was opened up in 1891 with the establishment of the Peers' Union Farm, and the eastern plains were irrigated by the Etaibetsu River and the Oshirika River, leading to the development of rice paddies early on, and a rice paddy area developed. The Shokanbetsu-dake area has been designated a prefectural natural park, and the Uryu-numa high-altitude marsh, a prefectural natural monument, is located on the lava plateau at an altitude of 850m on the eastern slope of the mountain. It is a peat marsh stretching 4km from east to west and 1km from north to south, with over 100 ponds and marshes of various sizes, including floating islands, and the marsh plant communities are often compared to those of Oze. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Uryu Numa high moorland zone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1891年華族組合農場の設置によって開け，東部の平野部は恵岱別（えたいべつ）川，尾白利加（おしらりか）川に水利を得て早くから水田の造成が進み，水田地帯が展開している。暑寒別岳一帯は道立自然公園に指定され，東山腹標高850mの溶岩台地には道指定の天然記念物雨竜沼高層湿原帯がある。東西4km，南北1kmの泥炭沼沢地で，浮島を伴う大小百数十の池沼があり，湿原植物の群落はしばしば尾瀬に比較される。…

※「雨竜沼高層湿原帯」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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