4. ASIA AMD DISTANC5S 



a. Area of Japan Proper: About 147,000 square milee. Nearly 

 the size of the state of Montana; smaller than California (See Plate 1 for 

 distances and areas) 



5 . EELIEP 



a. G-eneral land-form pattern of Japan 



(1) A thick core of moderately rugged hill land and high 

 moantains containing numerous intermontane 'baBino, with 

 a narrow and diacontinuous border of terraces and delta- 

 fans. 



(2) The largest lowland (about 3.5 million acres) is the 

 Tokyo or Kanto (Kwanto) Plain. The coastal lowlands 

 rarely extend more than 30 miles inland. 



(3) About 75 to 80 percent of the- area is hill or moVictain 

 land. Many volcanic cones, such as Mt Fuji (I2,3d9 

 feet), are conspicuous topographic features. 



(4) The streams are short, swift, and shallow. 



(5) The v/est coast is less indented than the east coast-. 



b. Physiographic regions (See Plate 3) 



(1) Outer zone of northeast Japan 



(a) That part of Hokkaido east of Sapporo 



(b) Northeastern Honshu 



1. Kitakami and Abokuma highlands 

 £. Kitakami and other lowlands 



(2) Inner zone of northeastern Japan 



(a) The central range, or the "Ou Sammyaku" , elevations 

 to 7,000tfeet 



(b) Intermontane basins 



(c) Western range 



(d) Western plains , 



(3) Possa Magna 



(a) Transects center of Honshu 



(b) Volcanoes of the Puji chain 



(4) Outer zone of southwestern Japan 



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