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Goshiki-numa formed when Mount Bandai erupted on July 15, 1888, destroying dozens of villages and killing approximately 500 people while creating hundreds of lakes and tarns. [ 1 ] The eruption completely rearranged the landscape, creating the Bandai-kōgen plateau and damming local rivers.
Water Area (km 2) Max Depth (m) Altitude (m) Volume (km 3) 1: Biwa: Kansai: Shiga: ... List of lakes in Japan; This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing ...
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]
The Zaō Mountains (蔵王連峰, Zaō Renpō), commonly called Mount Zaō, are a complex cluster of stratovolcanoes on the border between Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The central volcano of the group includes several lava domes and a tuff cone , Goshiki-dake, which contains a crater lake named " Okama ".
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.
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 ...
Map. Kamikōchi is a high mountain valley approximately 18 kilometers in length. The average elevation of the valley floor ranges between roughly 1,400 m (4,600 ft) above sea level at the south end and roughly 1,600 m (5,200 ft) at the northern tip. Kamikōchi is located in the Hida Mountains, the "Northern Alps" of the Japanese Alps. The ...
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: