Midagahara
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Midagahara_Highland_Bog.png/250px-Midagahara_Highland_Bog.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Mitagahara_from_Mount_Okudainichi_1994-10-10.jpg/250px-Mitagahara_from_Mount_Okudainichi_1994-10-10.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Tateyama_Volcano_Relief_Map%2C_SRTM-1.jpg/250px-Tateyama_Volcano_Relief_Map%2C_SRTM-1.jpg)
Midagahara (弥陀ヶ原, Midaga-hara) is a wetlands located near Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture, in Japan. the remaining 80,000 ha of wetlands have been designated a Ramsar Site in 2012.[1]
Midagahara is a one of many highlights of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Geography
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Midagahara is 2 km of Horizontal length and 4 km of vertical length.
Midagahara is a lava plateau formed by Tateyama volcano.[2]
Biota
[edit]There are Dactylorhiza aristata, Paris japonica, Lysichiton camtschatcensis, Daylily.
Facility
[edit]There are some Hotels.
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TATEYAMA SOU of National youth hostels
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Midagahara Hotel
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Midagahara bus stop
Access
[edit]There are Midagahara bus stops between Bijodaira Station and Murodō Station on Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.
Private cars aren't allowed to pass in Midagahara to protect the environment.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ラムサール条約湿地の新規登録について 富山県
- ^ 野崎保、菊川茂:立山カルデラの形成と深層崩壊の歴史 -鳶泥と国見泥- 日本地すべり学会誌 Vol.49(2012) No.4 p.196-203