Lake Nakatsuna Explained

Lake Nakatsuna
Location:	Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan
Coords:	36.5°N 188°W
Lake Type:	Eutrophic lake
Area:	^[1] ^[2]
Max-Depth:	^[3]
Elevation:	820m (2,690feet)
Cities:	Near Omachi, Nagano, Honshū, Japan
Pushpin Map:	Japan
Pushpin Map Alt:	Location of Lake Nakatsuna in Japan.

is a lake in Ōmachi Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the "Nishina Three Lakes" (Lake Aoki, Lake Nakatsuna and Lake Kizaki). Its sediments have been studied in an effort to better understand climate change in Japan, finding evidence of the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Climatic Records During Last 1500 Years in the Sediments of Lake Nakatsuna, Central Japan. Adhikari. Danda Pani. Fujio Kumon. June 26, 2000. December 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162424/http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jepsjmo/cd-rom/2000cd-rom/pdf/gb/gb-001_e.pdf. March 5, 2012. dead.
2. Adhikari. D.P.. Kumon, F. . . December 2001. Climatic changes during the past 1300 years as deduced from the sediments of Lake Nakatsuna, central Japan. Limnology. 2. 3. 157–168. 10.1007/s10201-001-8031-7.
3. Web site: Kizaki-ko (Lake Kizaki) . International Lake Environment Committee . December 22, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523143123/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/asi/asi-32.html . May 23, 2011.