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What are Japan's forest ecoregions?

Need to know soon. What are Japan's forest ecoregions?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Japan is home to a nine forest ecoregions, which reflect its climate and geography. The islands that constitute Japan generally have a humid climate, which ranges from warm subtropical in the southern islands to cool temperate on the northern island of Hokkaido.

    1.Hokkaido - major cities are Sapporo and Hakodate.

    2.Tohoku - northeastern Honshu in which Sendai and Fukushima are large cities.

    3.Kanto - coastal plain including Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Also includes Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tochigi and Ibaraki Prefectures.

    4.Chubu - mountainous middle region dominated by the Japan Alps and Japan's fourth-largest city Nagoya.

    5.Kinki - sometimes called Kansai region, ancient center of culture and commerce, including Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama and Shiga. Kinki means near the capital.

    6.Chugoku - includes the cities Hiroshima and Okayama.

    7.Shikoku - the smallest of the main four islands, known as a destination for Buddhist pilgrims. The main cities are Matsuyama and Takamatsu.

    8.Kyushu - southernmost of the four main islands. The main towns include Fukuoka, Kitakyushu and Nagasaki

    9.Okinawa - semitropical southern island chain reaching out to Taiwan. The only major city is Naha.

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