Kiso River - Japan

Basic Information
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Site Name
Kiso River
Short name
Kiso River
Country
Japan
Operating Organisation
Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
Site Description
The Kiso Rivor has 5275 km2 water catchment area and runs in central Japan. The length is 229 km.
Last modified
2023-10-06 09:10:02

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2007
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
JaLTER (Japan)✔ (LTER-EAP-JP-50)This site is a verified "JaLTER (Japan)" member.
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 35.839016 Longitude: 137.684732

Size
ca. 527500.00ha
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
2446.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Fresh Water Rivers
Ecosystem Type
Rivers
Large river headwaters
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2) » Permanent non-tidal, fast, turbulent watercourses (C2.2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.50°C
Precipitation Annual
1884.90mm
Site Type
Platform
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » Unknown number of places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » Unknown number of beds
Equipment notes
Laboratory, accommodation, microscope
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
700
Maintenance Interval
700
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
LTER Site Classification
Regular