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Sarobetsu Plain

Sarobetsu-gen'ya (サロベツ原野), derived from the Ainu sar (marsh) and pet (river), is a coastal plain and low-lying moor in northwestern Hokkaidō, Japan. With an area of approximately 20,000 ha or 200 km2 (77 mi2), it forms part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park, and its wetlands are a Ramsar Site.

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Sarobetsu-gen'ya (サロベツ原野), derived from the Ainu sar (marsh) and pet (river),2 is a coastal plain and low-lying moor in northwestern Hokkaidō, Japan. With an area of approximately 20,000 ha or 200 km2 (77 mi2), it forms part of the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park, and its wetlands are a Ramsar Site.3456

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  1. "Sarobetsu-genya". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. Sutherland, Mary; Britton, Dorothy (1980). National Parks of Japan. Kodansha. pp. 229–31. ISBN 4-7700-1971-8.
  3. "Introducing places of interest: Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park". Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  4. "Ramsar Sites in Japan - Sarobetsu-genya" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  5. "Rishi-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park". National Parks Foundation. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  6. "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands - Sarobetsu-genya" (PDF). Wetlands International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.