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the Geography of japan

location: Near the eastern coast of China; Japan is made up of thousands of islands, including   Kyushu, Hokkaido, Honshu, and Shikoku area:         Approximately the size of                       California or Germany total :         145,913 sq. miles (377,915 sq. km) land:          140,728 sq. miles (364,485 sq. km) water:       5,185 sq. miles (13,430 sq. km) borders:   The closest neighbors to the                       islands include Korea, Russia,                       and China; the Sea of Japan                      separates the islands  from other                       countries climate:   Japan has four distinct seasons                        with a climate ranging from                       subarctic in the north to          subtropical in the south terrain:   Primarily mountainous and                       rugged—approximately 73% of                       Japan is mountainous; natural                       hot  springs are common among  lowest       The man-made Hachinohe mine point:        —558 feet (170 meters) below                       sea  level highest     Mount Fuji—12,388 feet (3,776  point:        meters) above sea level natural hazards: volcanoes, earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis Source: www.cia.gov 2017                      the islands elevation extremes:

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