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  2. Lake Biwa - Wikipedia

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    Lake Biwa (琵琶湖, Biwa-ko) is the largest freshwater lake in Japan. It is located entirely within Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu ), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto . [ 3 ] Lake Biwa is an ancient lake , over 4 million years old. [ 1 ]

  3. Ancient lake - Wikipedia

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    Lake Biwa: tectonic fresh, permanent 5–6 million 674 27.5 104 41 Japan: Lake Tule: tectonic fresh, permanent 3–15 million 53 40 United States: Lake Maracaibo: tectonic saline, permanent, coastal bay 20+ million 13010 280 60 25.9 Venezuela: Historically it was an ancient lake. Now, it is a large tidal bay/inlet rather than a lake in the ...

  4. Otsu Lakeside Nagisa Park - Wikipedia

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    Otsu Lakeside Nagisa Park (大津湖岸なぎさ公園, Ōtsu Kogan Nagisa Kōen) is a park in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on the shores of Lake Biwa.It is renowned for its views, being one of the top 100 Views of Nature in Kansai, and is popular with both locals and visitors.

  5. ‘8 Views of Lake Biwa’ Review: Enigmatic Estonian Romantic ...

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    Relatively commonplace as that description may read, writer-director Marko Raat’s “8 Views of Lake Biwa” is closer to a dreamlike folktale — set sometime during the 20 th century — than ...

  6. Shiga Prefecture - Wikipedia

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    Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture viewed from space. Shiga borders Fukui Prefecture in the north, Gifu Prefecture in the east, Mie Prefecture in the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture in the west. Lake Biwa, Japan's largest, is located at the center of this prefecture. It occupies one-sixth of its area. The Seta River flows from Lake Biwa to Osaka Bay ...

  7. Lake Biwa Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Lake Biwa Museum (琵琶湖博物館, Biwako Hakubutsukan) is in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.It was founded in 1996. The theme of the museum is "relationship between lakes and people" and introduces the nature and culture of Lake Biwa, the largest and oldest lake in Japan.

  8. Chikubu Island - Wikipedia

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    Chikubu (竹生島, Chikubushima) is a small island in the northern part of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. It has been known since ancient times for the beauty of its scenery and for its small Shinto shrine and Buddhist temples. Administratively, the island is part of the city of Nagahama, Shiga.

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    Welcome to the mobile age: NFL conference title games filled with dual-threat QBs. JOHN WAWROW. January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM. 1 / 4. Broncos Bills Football.