Editing Saga Prefecture (section)

==Geography==
[[Kyushu]]'s prefecture, Saga, is located on the northwest corner of the island, bordered by the [[Genkai Sea]] and the [[Tsushima Strait]] to the north and the [[Ariake Sea]] to the south. Saga's proximity to mainland Asia has made it an important gateway for the transmission of culture and trade throughout Japanese history. Largely rural outside of the two largest cities of [[Saga (city)|Saga]] and [[Karatsu, Saga|Karatsu]], agricultural and forested lands comprise over 68% of the total prefectural land area. There are six prefectural parks and one quasi-national park in Saga.
* Northernmost point: Enuonohana, Kakarajima, [[Karatsu, Saga|Karatsu]] – {{coord|33|36|N|129|51|E}}
* Easternmost point: Iida-machi, [[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]] – {{coord|33|23|N|130|32|E}}
* Southernmost point: Ōurakō, [[Tara, Saga|Tara]] – {{coord|32|57|N|130|13|E}}
* Westernmost point: Ōse, Madarashima, Karatsu – {{coord|33|34|N|129|44|E}}

===Geographical features===

====Plains====
*Saga Plains

====Mountains====
* Sefuri Mountains, Tara Mountains
* Mount Kyōga (1,076 m, the highest point in Saga), [[Mount Sefuri]] (1,056 m), Tenzan (1,046 m), Taradake (996 m), Mount Ihara (962 m), Kinzan (957 m), Raizan (955 m), Mount Hagane (900 m)

====Rivers and lakes====
* [[Chikugo River]] (15.5&nbsp;km in Saga), Kase River (57.5&nbsp;km), Matsuura River (45.3&nbsp;km), Rokkaku River (43.6&nbsp;km)
* Hokuzan Dam, Kase River Dam

====Seas====
* [[East China Sea]]: [[Ariake Sea]], Isahaya Bay
* [[Sea of Japan]]: [[Genkai Sea]], Karatsu Bay, Imari Bay,

====Peninsulas====
* Higashimatsuura Peninsula, part of Kitamatsuura Peninsula

====Islands====
* Genkai Sea: Takashima, Kashiwajima, Ogawajima, [[Kakarajima]], Matsushima, Madarajima, Kabeshima, Mukushima, Iroha Islands<ref name=info-center>{{cite web |title=The Saga Sightseeing Information: Nature |url=http://www.asobo-saga.jp/lang/english/nature.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908015550/http://www.asobo-saga.jp/lang/english/nature.html |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |publisher=Saga Tourist Federation Information Center (Tourism Division) |access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref>
* Ariake Sea: Okinoshima

====Forests====
* Niji-no-Matsubara<ref name=info-center/>

====Caves====
* Nanatsugama Caves<ref name=info-center/>

===Land use===
Total area: 2439.31&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>
* Forest, rough lands: 49.2% – 1/3 of the national average.
** Forested area: 1096.9&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> – From 2000, 42nd in the country.
* [[Arable land]]: 39.1% – 2 times the national average.
* [[Residential]]: 6.8% – 1.4 times the national average.
* Other: 4.9% – Roughly the same as the national average.

As of March 31, 2008, 11% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as [[List of national parks of Japan#History|Natural Parks]], namely the [[Genkai Quasi-National Park]] and [[Hachimandake Prefectural Natural Park|Hachimandake]], [[Kawakami-Kinryū Prefectural Natural Park|Kawakami-Kinryū]], [[Kurokamiyama Prefectural Natural Park|Kurokamiyama]], [[Sefuri-Kitayama Prefectural Natural Park|Sefuri-Kitayama]], [[Taradake Prefectural Natural Park (Saga)|Taradake]], and [[Tenzan Prefectural Natural Park|Tenzan]] Prefectural Natural Parks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/doc/files/np_6.pdf |title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |date=1 April 2014 |publisher=[[Ministry of the Environment (Japan)]] |access-date=4 February 2012}}</ref>

===Climate===
Saga Prefecture has a mild climate with an average temperature of about {{cvt|16|°C}}.