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Sarobetsu Plain
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<p>Sarobetsu-gen'ya (サロベツ原野), derived from the <a href="/facts/Ainu_language/CsYQnHv0">Ainu</a> <i>sar</i> (marsh) and <i>pet</i> (river), is a coastal <a href="/facts/Plain/yM1ghtmc">plain</a> and low-lying <a href="/facts/Moorland/S7kzNyQM">moor</a> in northwestern <a href="/facts/Hokkaid%25C5%258D/kwacDkYD">Hokkaidō</a>, <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>. With an area of approximately 20,000 <a href="/facts/Hectare/DPz2HDGr">ha</a> or 200 km2 (77 sq mi), it forms part of the <a href="/facts/Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu_National_Park/XsfIxg0U">Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park</a>, and its <a href="/facts/Wetlands/9abbP7CR">wetlands</a> are a <a href="/facts/Ramsar_sites_in_Japan/asuB8em1">Ramsar Site</a>. </p>