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The average farm size in Hokkaido was 26 hectares per farmer in 2013. That is nearly 11 times larger than the national average of 2.4 hectares. This made Hokkaido the most agriculturally rich prefecture in Japan. [29] Nearly one-fourth of Japan's arable land and 22% of Japan's forests are in Hokkaido. [30]
As of 2014, approximately 0.5% of Japan's total area is reclaimed land (umetatechi). [90] Lake Biwa is an ancient lake and the country's largest freshwater lake. [91] Japan is substantially prone to earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic eruptions because of its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire. [92]
In total, as of 2006, Japan's territory is 377,923.1 km², of which 374,834 km² is land and 3,091 km² water. About 75% of Japan is mountainous, with a mountain range running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji, with an elevation of 3776 m (12,388 ft).
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories. All 193 member states of the United Nations plus the two observer states are given a rank ...
Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
Country / dependency % total Asia area in km 2 (mi 2); 1 Russia 29.3%: 13,083,100 (5,051,400) [a]2 China 21.5%: 9,596,961 (3,705,407) [b]3 India 7.4%: 3,287,263 ...
"Mainland Japan" (内地, naichi, lit. "inner lands") is a term used to distinguish Japan's core land area from its outlying territories. It is most commonly used to distinguish the country's four largest islands (Hokkaidō, Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikokū) from smaller islands such as the Bonin Islands and the Ryukyu Islands.
Japan is: an island country and archipelago of 6,852 islands, shaped like the lowercase letter J. [1] Location: Pacific Ocean; Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Asia. East Asia [2] Time zone: Japan Standard Time ; Extreme points of Japan. High: Mount Fuji 3,776 m (12,388 ft) Low: Hachirōgata −4 m (−13 ft) Land boundaries: none