The most populous island

Java Island is located in Indonesia between the foggy Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is a "country of ten thousand islands" composed of 18 108 islands. According to statistics, the population of Java Island is about1450,000, while the population of Indonesia is about 262 million. Java is the center of Indonesia, and many big cities in Indonesia are located in Java. Java is the most populous island in Indonesia and the most populous island in the world.

Although Java is densely populated, there is no shortage of resources here. The annual average temperature here is maintained at 25-27℃ all the year round, with no hot and cold weather, abundant precipitation and abundant rain, and rich in many characteristic agricultural products. This has also become the main source of income for the Javanese people. Its unique natural conditions make tropical plants flourish on the island, and natural resources such as coffee, tea, tobacco, rubber, sugar cane and coconut are very rich.

Topographic characteristics of Java Island

The terrain of Java Island is dominated by mountains and hills, with a basin in the middle. It is located on the extinction boundary of the Eurasian plate and the Indian Ocean plate, with active geology and many earthquakes and volcanoes. Java is 1064 km long from east to west, 100 km wide in the middle and 160 km wide at both ends. There is an east-west longitudinal mountain range on the island, with many volcanoes on the ridge and limestone mountains and lowlands on both sides.

Java island is a region with more volcanic activity, but the number of serious eruptions is very few; * * * There are 1 12 volcanoes, of which only 35 are active. Volcanoes are concentrated in the west of the island, but scattered in the middle and east. The highest volcano is Semeru volcano, with an altitude of 3676 meters. There are a series of unconnected highlands in the south of the volcanic belt, about 300 meters above sea level.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Java Island