PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA
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Great Wall of China
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Lake Baikal
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Mt. Fuji
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Yellow Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mount Fuji in Japan has three layers of hardened lava, ash and other volcanic substances. Mount Fuji is situated only 100 km west of the Japanese capital city Tokyo on Honshu Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mount Fuji is classified as an active volcano, as are many of the volcanoes in Japan. A volcano is described as being active if it has had at least one eruption during the past 10, 000 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sakurajima is a modern active vent of the same Aira caldera volcano. Sakurajima was formed by later activity within the caldera, beginning about 13, 000 years ago. It is about 8 km (5 mi) south of the centre of the caldera. Its first eruption in recorded history was in 963 AD.
Detailed explanation-4: -This induced magma mixing, because of the stress change in the region as a result of the earthquake, subsequently caused Mt Fuji to erupt 49 days after the earthquake, on the 16th of December, 1707.