Interesting Facts! #2

2. More than 70% of Japan consists of mountains, including more than 200 volcanoes.

Japan is a shimaguni (island country). It consist of over 2,000 island, the four main ones's are: Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. The Japanese islands are covered by mountains, most of them heavily forested, and crisscrossed by short, swift rivers. Japan's islands are very beautiful and varied, but they can be treacherous.The mountains of Japan contain 10 per-cent of the world's most active volcanoes. Mt. Fuji, Japan's most famous mountain and one of its most beautiful and revered, is a dormant volcano, which last erupted in 1707. There are over 200 known volcanoes on Japan with more than 20 still active.The Japanese are more impressed, however, by the beauty and richness of their land than by its dangers. Although its topography creates difficulties.

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