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fiogf49gjkf0d JAPAN IS SITUATED OFF THE EAST COAST OF ASIA. ITS ISLANDS ARE MADE UP SEVERAL VOLCANIC RANGES. THESE ISLANDS ALONG THE PACIFIC DIVIDE THE FOUR MAIN ISLAND: HOKKAIDO, HONSHU, SHIKOKU AND KYUSHU INTO FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS. EACH REGION CONSISTS OF NARROW LITTORAL LOWLANDS ENCLOSING THE INTERIOR HIGHLANDS. THE FIRST REGION SURROUNDS A LOT OF HOKKAIDO, INCLUDING KIRAMI AND HIDAKA MOUNTAINS. THESE RUN FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. THE SECOND REGION ENCOMPASSES HOKKAIDO NORTHERN HONSHU, ALONG WITH THE ARC OF THE MOUNTAINS LYING AROUND THE PACIFIC. THE THIRD REGION COMPRISES OF MOST OF THE RUGGED COUNTRY INCLUDING THE HIDA RANGE OTHERWISE THE JAPAN ALPS IN THE NORTH TO MOUNT FUJI IN THE SOUTH, THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN AT A HEIGHT OF 3776M. THE FOURTH AREA RANGES FROM CHUGOKU MOUNTAINS ACROSS SETO- NAIKAI INLAND SEA AND SHIKOKU ISLAND TO AZO-ZAN PEAK IN THE NORTH OF CENTRAL KYUSHU. THE FIFTH REGION BEGINS IN WESTERN KYUSHU AND RUNS ALONG THE RYUKYU CHAIN TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. THE COUNTRY'S FIVE LARGEST RIVER BASINS ARE THE TONE, THE ISLIKARI, KITAKANI, THE SHINANO AND THE KISO
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