JAPAN

JAPAN Has about 50 active volcanoes and numerous hot springs Sitting atop the Ring of Fire is the tallest mountain, Mount Fugi, an important spiritual symbol to Japan’s people Mount Fugi has not erupted in nearly 300 years, but scientists believe it could erupt again

JAPAN More than 1,000 small earthquakes shake Japan every year The process of subduction created the Sea of Japan Four large, mountainous islands and thousands of smaller ones form the archipelago, or island chain, of Japan

JAPAN Honshu is the central and largest island Hokkaido is in the North Kyushu and Shikoku in the South Honshu is the location of most major cities

JAPAN Sea of Okhotsk in the north Sea of Japan and East China Sea on the west Philippine Sea in the south

JAPAN Shinano river Tone River Provide hydroelectric power Been altered for irrigation and regulate water flow