More than half of the small area is occupied by mountains and Lake Biwa, so the inhabitable land area of Shiga measured in 2001 was smaller than that of Osaka.
その狭い面積の半分以上を山地と琵琶湖が占めており、都道府県の面積一覧2001年可住地面積の順位は大阪府よりも狭い。