Lake Kasumigaura
| Lake Kasumigaura | |
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The Landsat satellite picture of Lake Kasumigaura. | |
Lake Kasumigaura | |
| Location | Japan Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 36°2′25″N 140°23′39″E / 36.04028°N 140.39417°E |
| Type | warm Monomictic |
| Primary inflows | Sakura and Naka rivers and more than 30 small rivers |
| Primary outflows | Tone River |
| Catchment area | 1,915 km2 (739 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Japan |
| Surface area | 220 km2 (85 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Max. depth | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Water volume | 0.848 km3 (687,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Shore length1 | 252 km (157 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 0.16 m (6.3 in) |
| Islands | 0 |
| Settlements | Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Kasumigaura, Ibaraki |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Kasumigaura (Japanese: 霞ヶ浦) is a lake that is located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest lake in Japan after Lake Biwa.