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Red Data Book of Kyoto Prefecture 2015

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Geography & Geology Red List

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Geography Red List

  Disappeared Endangered Vulnerable To Be Protected Sum Total number in Kyoto
Tectonic landforms 1 2 7 4 14 35
Volcanic landforms 0 0 3 0 3 5
Fluvial landforms 2 8 (11) 17 (38) 97
Erosion landforms 1 0 1 2 4 5
Coastal landforms 1 3 10 5 19 40
Structural landforms 0 1 (4) 5 (10) 40
Sum 5 14 36 33 88 218 (222)
Total 5 14 35 33 87 218 (222)

* Numbers in parentheses include items which belong to two geographical categories.

Geology Red List

  Disappeared Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable Sum Total number in Kyoto
Fossils 3 (9) (9) (18) (39) 66
Minerals 0 19 4 (4) (27) 71
Rocks 0 (1) (7) (27) (35) 109
Sediments 1 5 3 11 20 126
Structures 2 1 1 (7) (11) 30
Sum 6 35 24 48 132 402
Total 6 34 22 59 121 402

* Numbers in parentheses include items which belong to two geological categories.

Natural scenic beauty Red List

Category  
Hot springs 21
Singing sands 2
Springs 8
Sea of clouds 2
Wind caves 2
Faults 3
Total 38

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Contact: Kyoto Prefecture Department of the Environment
Nature and Environmental Conservation Division
Tel 075-414-4706 FAX 075-414-4705
e-mail: [email protected]
〒602-8570 Yabunouchi-cho, Nishiiru, Shinmachi, Shimodachiuri-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi

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