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A topographic map of Japan. About 73% of Japan is mountainous, [22] with a mountain range running through each of the main islands. Japan's highest mountain is Mount Fuji, with an elevation of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). Japan's forest cover rate is 68.55% since the mountains are heavily forested.
This List of Mountains in Georgia names the highest mountains in Georgia, country in the western part of the Caucasus. Georgia has 2672 prominent peaks. [1] The highest peak in the country is the Shchara, at 5193 meters one of the country's three five-thousanders. [2] The highest peaks in the country are in the Greater Caucasus. [3]
Rank Name Region Prefecture¹ Municipalities Water Area (km 2) Max Depth (m) Altitude (m) Volume (km 3) ; 1: Biwa: Kansai: Shiga: Ōtsu, Kusatsu, Higashi-Ōmi, Hikone Nagahama, Moriyama, Ōmi-Hachiman
Topography of Georgia Satellite image of Georgia in late spring. Despite its small area, Georgia has one of the most varied topographies of the former Soviet republics. [12] It is one of the most mountainous countries in Europe, [13] lying mostly in the Caucasus Mountains, with its northern boundary partly defined by the Greater Caucasus range ...
The following is a list of the mountains and hills of Japan, ordered by height. Mountains over 1000 meters Mount ... Mountain Metres Feet Prefecture Mount Piyashiri: 987:
Svaneti region of Georgia Mountain lakes in the country's northwest. The landscape within the nation's boundaries is quite varied. Western Georgia's landscape ranges from low-land marsh-forests, swamps, and temperate rainforests to eternal snows and glaciers, while the eastern part of the country even contains a small segment of semi-arid ...
Even now, it is very difficult to cross the steep Hida mountains, one of the world's heaviest snowfall areas, in winter. Therefore, it is considered a historical event in Japan that in the winter of 1584, daimyō Sassa Narimasa's forces crossed over the mountain range over Zara Pass and Harinoki Pass. This event is called "Sarasara-goe ...