Lake Kamo | |
Coords: | 38.0636°N 138.4367°W |
Catchment: | 4.85km2 |
Basin Countries: | Japan |
Length: | 4.5km (02.8miles) |
Width: | 1.5km (00.9miles) |
Area: | 4.85km2[1] |
Max-Depth: | 8.7m (28.5feet) |
Elevation: | 0.5m (01.6feet) |
Pushpin Map: | Japan |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Lake Kamo in Japan. |
is a brackish lake on the Sado Island in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Honshu, Japan. The lake is the largest of Niigata prefecture.
Originally Lake Kamo was a fresh water lake, but was opened to the sea during the Meiji period to avoid floods, and the water became brackish. The lake is famous for oyster farming, since 1932.[2]
Lake Kamo is ranked among the top 100 Landscapes of Japan.