Japan s geographical location, topography and river characteristics

1) Land and sea location.

Japan is an island country in the eastern part of Asia, northwest of the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by oceans, bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east and Russia, North Korea, and South Korea in the northwest across the Sea of Japan. It faces China in the southwest across the East China Sea.

2) Latitude location.

Japan is roughly located between 23°N and 46°N, and the country is long and narrow from north to south, and most of it is in the north temperate zone.

Territory of Japan.

As an island nation, Japan's territory is mainly made up of the four large islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, which together with the many smaller islands around make up the Japanese archipelago. Japan has a land area of 377,000 square kilometers, of which Honshu Island is the largest and its capital is Tokyo.

Topographical features of Japan.

1) The topography of Japan is mainly mountainous, with narrow plains and mostly coastal areas. Mt. Fuji, a symbol of Japan, is a famous tourist attraction and an active volcano. The Kanto Plain is the largest plain in Japan, and the cherry blossoms are the country's national flower.

2) Japanese volcanoes, ** frequent. Because Japan is located at the junction of the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, the earth's crust moves frequently, forming the world's largest Pacific Rim volcano and ** belt. In order to reduce the number of people caused, many traditional houses in Japan are made of lighter materials.

3) Japan's coastline is tortuous, and there are many excellent harbors, which is very beneficial to Japan's fishery, shipbuilding, maritime transportation and foreign countries. Japan's rivers are short and fast-flowing.

Location: (1) Sea and land location: Japan is located in the east of Asia, the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, and the Sea of Japan in the west.

2) Latitude location: The vast majority of the territory is located between 30 and 45 degrees north latitude, and most of it belongs to the north temperate zone.

Topographical features: Japan is mountainous, with mountainous areas covering about 3 4 of the country's land area, and narrow plains along the coast, and the Kanto Plain near Tokyo Bay is the largest plain in Japan. The mountains are ridged along the islands, dividing the territory of Japan into the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan.

River characteristics: Due to the mountainous nature of Japan, the terrain difference is large, and the annual precipitation is high, so the rivers are short and rapid, and the water resources are relatively abundant.

The territory of Japan consists of four large islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and many smaller islands. According to a survey released by the Japan Coast Guard's Waterworks Division in 2000, Japan has a total of 6,852 islands with a coastline of more than 100 meters.

Topographic distribution of Japan: The terrain of the whole island of Japan is high in the middle, low in all directions, the terrain is mountainous, the mountains are steep, about 61% of the land is more than 300 meters above sea level, 18% is hills below 300 meters above sea level, the rivers are short, the river basin area is small, and the water energy resources are abundant.

Topography of Japan:

Japan is a mountainous island country, with mountains ridged in the shape of Japan**, which divides Japan's land into the Pacific Ocean side and the Sea of Japan side, mountains and hills account for 71% of the total area, and most of the mountains are volcanic. The forest coverage rate of the country is as high as 67%.

Japan's plains are mainly distributed in the lower reaches of rivers and coastal areas, and most of them are alluvial plains, which are small in scale, and the larger plains are Ishikari Plain, Echigo Plain, Nobi Plain, Tokachi Plain, etc., of which the largest plain is the Kanto Plain.

Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea, located in the Eurasian continent, across the sea from North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and other countries, with a land area of about 10,000 square kilometers, consisting of four large islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Yutoshi Kyushu and more than 7,200 other small islands. Japan's topography is dominated by mountains and hills, with a forest coverage rate of 67%.

Japan is located in the east of the Eurasian continent, the mountains and the western part of the Pacific Ocean, and is composed of thousands of islands, and the archipelago is in an arc, so it is also called the "country of a thousand islands", surrounded by the sea and not connected to other countries by land.

The Japanese archipelago is located at the junction of the four plates of the Eurasian Continental Plate, the North American Plate, the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate.

From north to south, Japan's four major islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and about 75% of the country's land is mountainous and hilly, and small mountain basins and plains are scattered throughout the country, making it a place where people's homes, farming, and economic activities are concentrated.

1) The Land of Ten Thousand Islands.

2) The mountains are steep and steep.

3) The plains are narrow.

4) Frequent "land disasters": There are more than 270 volcanoes in Japan, of which about 80 are active.

Japan is mountainous, and the mountains are ridged in Japan's **, which divides Japan's land into the Pacific Ocean side and the Sea of Japan side, with mountains and hills accounting for 71% of the total area, and the land forest coverage rate is as high as 67%.Mount Fuji is Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters above sea level.

The plains of Japan are mainly distributed in the lower reaches of the rivers and coastal areas, and most of them are alluvial plains, and the larger plains are related to the Higashi Plain, Ishikari Plain, Echigo Plain, Nobi Plain, and Tokachi Plain. Japan's plains are small and have very limited arable land.