Lake Biwa

E170762

freshwater lake lake rift lake

Lake Biwa is Japan’s largest and one of its oldest freshwater lakes, located in Shiga Prefecture near Kyoto and renowned for its biodiversity and cultural significance.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Lake Biwa canonical	68
Biwako-sen	1
Lake Biwa (in Shiga Prefecture)	1
Lake Biwa (nearby)	1
Lake Biwa (regional vicinity)	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	freshwater lake ⓘ lake ⓘ rift lake ⓘ
ageEstimate	over 4 million years ⓘ
basinCountry	Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
drainageBasinIncludes	Fukui Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Gifu Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyoto Prefecture ⓘ Mie Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
drainsInto	Yodo River ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 85 meters ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	670 square kilometers ⓘ
hasApproximateAverageDepth	41 meters ⓘ
hasApproximateLength	63 kilometers ⓘ
hasApproximateMaximumDepth	104 meters ⓘ
hasApproximateMaximumWidth	22 kilometers ⓘ
hasApproximateVolume	27.5 cubic kilometers ⓘ
hasCityOnShore	Hikone ⓘ Moriyama ⓘ Nagahama ⓘ Ōmihachiman ⓘ surface form: Omihachiman Otsu ⓘ
hasCulturalFeature	Biwako Ohashi Bridge ⓘ Lake Biwa Canal ⓘ Shirahige Shrine torii in the water ⓘ
hasEndemicFishSpecies	Biwa catfish ⓘ Biwa goby ⓘ Biwa trout ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssues	eutrophication ⓘ invasive species ⓘ water pollution ⓘ
hasIsland	Chikubu Island ⓘ Okishima ⓘ Takei Island ⓘ
isDesignatedAs	Ramsar site (parts of the lake and wetlands) ⓘ
isImportantFor	fisheries ⓘ irrigation ⓘ tourism ⓘ transportation ⓘ water supply to Kyoto ⓘ water supply to Osaka ⓘ
isLargestLakeIn	Japan ⓘ
isOneOfOldestLakesIn	the world ⓘ
isSubjectOf	classical Japanese poetry ⓘ ukiyo-e woodblock prints ⓘ
knownFor	cultural significance ⓘ endemic species ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ scenic beauty ⓘ
locatedIn	Shiga Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Kansai region ⓘ
locatedNear	Kyoto ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Honshu ⓘ
outflow	Yodo River ⓘ
supportsActivity	birdwatching ⓘ recreational boating ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ swimming ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Omihachiman, Japan → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Biwa ⓘ

subject surface form: Omihachiman

Shiga → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga → contains → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga → knownFor → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga → hasLake → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga → largestLakeInJapan → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga Prefecture → contains → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga Prefecture → knownFor → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga Prefecture → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga Prefecture → hasLake → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yodo River → associatedWith → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yodo River → receivesOutflowFrom → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Mount Hachiman → overlooks → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Otsu → hasBodyOfWater → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Taga → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Azuchi Castle ruins → onShoreOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Azuchi Castle ruins → viewOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Himure Hachimangu Shrine → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Takashima, Shiga → hasNaturalFeature → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Shiga University → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

University of Shiga Prefecture → near → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yasu, Shiga → near → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Taga, Shiga → hasNearbyMajorLake → Lake Biwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Biwa (in Shiga Prefecture)

Toyosato, Shiga → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Ishiyama-dera → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Hino → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lake Biwa (regional vicinity)

Hikone Castle → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Hikone Castle → hasViewOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Mount Hiei → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Mount Hiei → offersViewOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Miidera (Onjō-ji) → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Biwako Quasi-National Park → centeredOn → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Biwako Quasi-National Park → hasFeature → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Biwako Quasi-National Park → namedAfter → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Moriyama, Shiga → locatedOn → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Moriyama, Shiga → hasBodyOfWaterNearby → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Moriyama, Shiga → isCoastalOn → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Ōtsu Service Area → overlooks → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yasu River → mouth → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yasu River → drainsInto → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yasu River → tributaryOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Ryūō → locatedNear → Lake Biwa ⓘ

JR West Biwako Line → followsShoreOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

JR West Biwako Line → hasAlternativeName → Lake Biwa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biwako-sen

Yasu → hasProximityTo → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Yasu → hasAccessTo → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Chikubu Island → locatedIn → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Chikubu Island → bodyOfWater → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Chikubu Island → hasViewOf → Lake Biwa ⓘ

Takashima → locatedOn → Lake Biwa ⓘ