What is the geographical location of Japan?

There are many mountains in Japan, which are distributed in the center of Japan in a ridged way, dividing Japan's territory into one side of the Pacific Ocean and the other side of the Sea of Japan, with mountains and hills accounting for 71% of the total area. Japan is located in the Pacific volcanic earthquake zone, where volcanic activity is frequent, which has brought great trouble to local people's lives. There are more than 16 volcanoes in China, of which more than 5 are active volcanoes, which are famous earthquake areas in the world. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in China, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. In the volcanic distribution area, with beautiful scenery and rich hot spring resources, it has become a famous tourist resort. 29-8-2 9:5 1. Geographical location

Japan is located at the eastern end of the Eurasian continent, belonging to Asia. It is an island country surrounded by the sea and extends in an arc from northeast to southwest. The east and south are the endless Pacific Ocean, bordered by the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea in the west, and the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, facing North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia and the Philippines across the sea.

2. Area and regional division

The land area of Japan is 377,748 square kilometers

The total land area: including the small islands, it is 377,835 square kilometers, of which the land area is 374,744 square kilometers and the water area is 3,91 square kilometers. Physical geography: Located on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, it is an arc island country extending from northeast to southwest. It is separated from China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia by the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Korean Strait and the Sea of Japan. The land area is 377,88 square kilometers, including Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and more than 6,8 other small islands. The territorial sea covers an area of 31, square kilometers. There is a territorial dispute with Russia over the "four northern islands" (the Russian side named "South Kuril Islands") and with South Korea over the territorial dispute over Zhudao (the Korean side named "Dokdo"). Mountains and hills account for 71% of the total area. There are more than 2 volcanoes in China, of which more than 5 are active volcanoes, which are famous earthquake areas in the world. Mount Fuji is the highest peak in China and an active volcano, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. Hot springs are all over the country. The rivers in the territory are short and rich in hydropower resources, and the longest Shinano River is about 367 kilometers long. The largest lake is Lake Biwa, with an area of 672.8 square kilometers. Because it is surrounded by the ocean, it belongs to the temperate maritime monsoon climate, which is mild and humid all year round. Compared with the same latitude area, it has no cold in winter and no heat in summer. There are many typhoons in summer and autumn, and rainy in June. The average temperature in January is-6℃ in the north and 16℃ in the south; In July, it was 17℃ in the north and 28℃ in the south. The annual precipitation is 7-3,5mm, and the highest is more than 4,mm.

3. Topography and topography

There are many mountains in Japan, and the mountains are distributed in the center of Japan in a ridge shape, which divides Japan's territory into one side of the Pacific Ocean and the other side of the Sea of Japan, with mountains and hills accounting for 71% of the total area. Japan is located in the Pacific volcanic earthquake zone, where volcanic activity is frequent, which has brought great trouble to local people's lives. There are more than 16 volcanoes in China, of which more than 5 are active volcanoes, which are famous earthquake areas in the world. That's why it's called the land of volcanic earthquakes. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in China, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. In the volcanic distribution area, with beautiful scenery and rich hot spring resources, it has become a famous tourist resort.

4. Rivers, plains and lakes

Most rivers in Japan originate in the central mountainous areas and flow into the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan to the east and west. Because Japan is narrow in east and west, and the mountains are steep, the rivers are short and urgent. In the rainy and typhoon seasons, the water volume increases, which is easy to form floods. To this end, Japan has built a large number of dikes and reservoirs for flood control. River water is widely used for domestic water, agricultural and industrial water and hydropower generation. Japan's plains are mainly distributed in the downstream coastal areas of rivers, mostly alluvial plains, with a small scale. The larger plains include Kanto Plain, Shikai Plain, Yuehou Plain, Thick Tail Plain and Shisheng Plain.

The largest lake is Lake Biwa, with an area of 672.8 square kilometers.

5. Coastline and Ocean

The total length of Japan's coastline is 33,889 kilometers. As Japan is an island country, its coastline is very complicated. There are many cliffs on the sea of Japan in the west, few ports, and many estuaries on the Pacific Ocean in the east, forming many natural ports.

In the eastern Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the Japanese warm current (Kuroshio) from south to north, and the Kuroshio cold current (pro-tide) forms in the northeast. In the western Japan Sea, there are the warm current to Malaysia and the Riemann cold current. At the intersection of cold current and warm current, fish resources are abundant and become natural fishing grounds. Because it is surrounded by the ocean, it has a temperate maritime monsoon climate, which is mild and humid all year round, with no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer. There are many typhoons in summer and autumn, and rainy in June. The average temperature in January is-6℃ in the north and 16℃ in the south; In July, it was 17℃ in the north and 28℃ in the south. The annual precipitation is 7-3,5mm, and the highest is more than 4,mm. In recent years, El Nino, which caused the sea water to warm up, has also had an impact on Japan, mainly because the duration of plum rain is prolonged, which is easy to form Leng Xia and warm winter.

6. Geomorphology

From the point of view of plate tectonics, Japan is located at the extinction boundary of the Asia-Europe plate and the Pacific plate, and is a part of the island arc-coastal mountains-trench combination of the western Pacific. 68% of the country is mountainous. The highest mountain in Japan is the famous Mount Fuji, with an altitude of 3,776 meters. Because there are few plains, crops are planted on many mountains in Japan, and the largest plain is Kanto Plain. Japan is located in the volcanic seismic belt around the Pacific Ocean. One tenth of the world's volcanoes are located in Japan, and volcanic activities often occur all over the country. Severe earthquakes occur several times every century; The Great Hanshin Earthquake and the Sino-Vietnamese Earthquake in Niigata Prefecture in recent years are all strong earthquakes with a magnitude of 6 or more on the Richter scale, which have attracted the attention of all countries in the world. There are many hot springs in Japan, and they have developed into tourist attractions.

There are many climate types in Japan, because the islands extend in the northeast direction for a long time, and the north and south span about 2 degrees latitude. Most of the climate types are temperate monsoon climate, while Kyushu Island, Shikoku and Ryukyu Islands in the south have subtropical monsoon climate. The northern islands are warm in summer, very long and cold in winter, and there is often a lot of snowfall. In the central and western regions, it is dry in winter, seldom snows, and humid in summer.

Japan is an island country, deeply influenced by Kuroshio, with remarkable maritime climate and beautiful cherry blossoms.

7. Climate in Japan

Japan is deeply influenced by Kuroshio, pro-tide and other ocean currents, and its maritime climate is obvious, with little temperature difference throughout the year. Most of Japan has a temperate climate. However, because the islands of Japan extend from southwest to northeast for a long time, and the north and south span about 2 degrees latitude, the climate in different parts of the country is still very different, which can be divided into six climate zones, namely:

Hokkaido climate: Hokkaido is not affected by plum rains, and the rainfall is less than that in other parts of Japan. Summer is short and cool; Winter is long and cold.

Japan's coastal climate: it covers the western coastal area of Honshu Island. Winter is controlled by Siberian high pressure, and northwest wind blows. At the same time, because the warm current brings a lot of water vapor to the horse current passing through the Sea of Japan in winter, there is often heavy snow. There is less precipitation in summer, and sometimes there will be abnormal high temperature due to foehn.

central highland climate: a typical inland climate. It is cold in winter and cool in summer. There is a great temperature difference between winter and summer and between day and night. Less rainfall

Pacific side climate: including the east coast of Honshu, Shikoku and most parts of Kyushu. Affected by the southeast monsoon in summer, there are many strong typhoons in Meiyu. In winter, there is less snowfall.

seto inland sea climate: including Shanyang, Shikoku, Kinki and parts of Kyushu. The weather here is often sunny, with little rainfall and suffering from drought from time to time.

climate of Nanxi islands: the range is Ryukyu islands. It has a subtropical climate with hot summer and warm winter. Heavy rainfall. It is often hit by typhoons in summer.