Japanese Islands (Noun)
Meaning
A string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The Japanese Islands stretch from the northern tip of Hokkaido to the southernmost point of Kyushu, encompassing diverse landscapes and ecosystems.
- The geologically turbulent Japanese Islands are home to numerous active volcanoes, with frequent earthquakes occurring along the plate boundaries.
- Due to its unique location in the western Pacific Ocean, the Japanese Islands have developed distinct flora and fauna.
- Over millions of years, the shifting tectonic plates that formed the Japanese Islands led to a chain reaction of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and geological changes.
- Several thousand islands that comprise the Japanese Islands boast temperate and subtropical climates with an enormous variation of species in this ecological 'hotspot'.