Japan has a wide
geographical variety . It is located on the Pacific ocean
and in the eastern side of China, Korea and Russia.
Japan is an
island country that is comprised of more than three thousand
islands. Among these several
islands there are four main
islands that comprises at least 97% of the total
land area in
Japan. These four mail
islands are, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. Among these four
islands , Hokkaido is situated at the extreme northern part of
Japan and Kyushu, in the southern most part of the country. In the
geography of
Japan moreover we see that the country is surrounded by many oceans and
seas. In the northern part there is the
Sea of Okhotsk. In the south west part there is the East China
Sea . The east and south part of
Japan is
bordered by Pacific Ocean and
Sea of Japan and the Korea Strait
border the west part of the Country.
Japan, because of its wide variety of
geography has several kind of land patterns also. Most of the
islands and land areas in
Japan are full of steep
mountains , plains, natural lakes
volcanoes and hot springs. As most of the
land part are covered with
land that cannot be cultivated because of the presence of
mountains , most of the populations of
Japan reside in the
areas near the coastal
lands. Japan is the home to a
population which the tenth largest in the whole world and the regarding the density of
population Japan stands out to be the thirstiest country in the world.
Japan is situated in the Pacific Ocean in an area known as the 'Ring of Fire', where there are several
volcanoes . Moreover the place is also the meeting place of several tectonic plates. As a result, when these plates move, it creates earthquakes in Japan. Sometime, these earthquakes in the ocean results in huge and fatal tsunamis that severely damages various areas and population in
Japan. Japan has many
volcanoes also. Its highest
mountain peak, known as
Mount Fuji, is nothing but a
volcano, the last eruption of which took place in the year 170 7.
Japan has a number of small and swift flowing rivers due to the presence of many
mountains making navigation almost impossible. This country has a very limited natural resources also.
Japan 's
climate is also varied like its
geography . In several part and
islands of
Japan, several
climate can be observed.
