Here is a shout out to fifth grade teachers at Lewis Palmer Elementary school. Thanks for teaching all about landforms! You know the word archipelago don't you? If not, listen up… an archipelago is a chain or a cluster of islands.
Look to the map on the left. Do you think Japan is an archipelago? (Hint: YES!) Check out the different colors on the map. My, they are pretty, but those colors give us information about elevation. Living so close to the Mile High City of Denver, we know about elevation! The green areas are low elevation and the brown areas are high elevation. I see lots of brown - that means Japan has lots of mountains. Living at the base of the Rockies, we know about mountains! Japan’s mountains were formed by volcanoes. That explains the frequent earthquakes, relaxing hot springs and occasional tsunami.
Now check out Japan map under the Useful Links tab on the right. It will take you to Google maps. Play around with the tool bars. You can see the world in different formats as well as zoom in and out. Pretty cool, heh?
Check out this websitehere and this one too.here. Which U.S. state is about the same size as Japan?
