What is the shape of Japan?

The map of Japan is shaped like a silkworm baby.

The territory of Japan extends from the northeast to the southwest, and the northeast is like the head of a silkworm baby. The northernmost Zonggu Point and Zhichuang Peninsula are like the eyes of silkworm babies, and they are like the feet of silkworm babies crawling near countless peninsulas along the Pacific coast. Around Kagoshima, Kyushu, they are like the tails of silkworm babies. Together, they are like a crawling silkworm baby.

Japan covers an area of more than 370,000 square kilometers, and its map is relatively long and narrow. Although its area is only the size of a province in China, its latitude spans a lot. In the eyes of many children, the map of Japan still looks like a worm. Some children think that Japan is shaped like a seahorse, Hokkaido Island is the head of the seahorse, and Kyushu Island is the tail of the seahorse. Other children also think that the map of Japan looks like a pair of mating dragonflies.

Topography of Japan

Because it is located in the volcanic belt around the Pacific Ocean, Japan has many volcanic areas from the northernmost to the southernmost-it is generally believed that there are seven. Among all volcanoes, about 1 10 is an active volcano, including Sanyuan Mountain on Izu Island, Asayama Mountain at the junction of Nagano Prefecture and Gunma Prefecture, and Asu Mountain in Kumamoto Prefecture. Although Japan only accounts for 1/400 of the world's land area, it accounts for almost110 of the world's 1500 active volcanoes.

Many rivers have played a great role in shaping Japan's topography, creating large and small valleys and basins, and forming a fan delta near the river estuary. Most of Japan's plains are small, the largest being Kanto Plain, including Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa and other counties and cities. Other relatively large plain areas include Houyue Plain (in Niigata Prefecture), Ishikawa Plain (in Hokkaido) and Shenfu Plain (in Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture).

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Japan