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Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]
Tokyo was originally known as Edo (), a kanji compound of 江 (e, "cove, inlet") and 戸 (to, "entrance, gate, door"). [25] The name, which can be translated as "estuary", is a reference to the original settlement's location at the meeting of the Sumida River and Tokyo Bay.
Since the establishment of the first weather station in Hakodate in 1872, Japan has recorded temperature changes across the country. According to the data provided by Japan Meteorological Agency, the maximum recorded temperature in Japan was 41.1°C in Hamamatsu on August 17, 2020, and Kumagaya on July, 23, 2018, while the minimum recorded temperature was −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) in Asahikawa ...
VEI 7 eruptions happened in the following locations of Japan. Name Zone Location Event / notes Years ago before 1950 (Approx.) Ejecta volume (Approx.) Kikai Caldera: Japan, Ryukyu Islands: Akahoya eruption 5,300 BC 7,300 [164] 170 km 3: Aira Caldera: Japan, Kyūshū: Aira-Tanzawa ash 30,000 [164] 450 km 3: Aso Caldera: Japan, Kyūshū: Aso-4 ...
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Temperature projections in Japan are increasingly affecting both water cycle processes, hurting the availability of water resources for Japan. [30] The effect of climate change upon water availability in Japan includes: Less snow and ice coverage eventually will mean an increase in droughts. Japan is a country that has experienced droughts before.
Most of the Japanese temperate rainforest has been logged and used as fuel and building materials over time. Before industrial development, people lived with the forest; they respected the forest and mountains. Mountain worship and mountain asceticism have been very common [8] in Japan through the ages. However, industry and war have forced ...
The ecoregion covers an area of 138,300 square kilometers (53,400 sq mi) on the Pacific (Taiheiyo) side of the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.It also includes Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait between Kyushu and Korea and the volcanic Izu Islands off Honshu's southern coast.