Japan's land and sea location

The Japanese archipelago is located at the junction of the Asia-Europe plate and the Pacific plate, that is, the volcanic seismic belt around the Pacific Ocean. Volcanic and seismic activities are frequent, and the more harmful earthquakes will occur 1 time on average within three years.

Japan is located at the extinction boundary between the Asia-Europe plate and the Pacific plate, and it is a part of the combination of island arc, coastal mountains and trenches in the western Pacific. 68% of this country is mountainous. 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. According to statistics, more than 20% of all earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above in the world occurred in Japan.

Japan is located in the east of Eurasia and the northwest of the Pacific Ocean. Its territory consists of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and more than 7,200 other small islands, so it is also known as the "country of thousands of islands".

Japan has a land area of about 377,900 square kilometers. Japan is bounded by the Pacific Ocean in the east and south, the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea in the west, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north, and faces North Korea, South Korea, China, Russia, the Philippines and other countries across the sea. Hokkaido, Japan has one of the most famous fishing grounds in the world-Hokkaido Fishing Ground, which is formed by the confluence of Thousand Island Cold Current and Japanese Warm Current.

Extended information Japan is dominated by temperate and subtropical monsoon climate, with hot and rainy summer, cold and dry winter and distinct four seasons. The national latitude is 25, and the temperature difference between north and south is very significant. Most areas belong to temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Okinawa in the south belongs to the subtropical zone, and Hokkaido in the north belongs to the sub-frigid zone.

The precipitation in Japan is the highest in the world. The main reasons include winter snowfall in Japan's coastal areas; Continuous plum rains in June-July (May-June in Okinawa and Amami); And typhoons that landed in or near Japan from summer to autumn. The highest recorded temperature in Japan is 40.9℃, which was measured on August 16, 2007 in Kumagu City, saitama and Dongdao City, Gifu County. The lowest recorded temperature is -4 1℃,1measured in Asahikawa, Hokkaido on October 25th, and it is 1902 65438+.