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Kitakami-sammyaku — ▪ mountains, Japan (Japanese: Kitakami Range), mountain range, in northeastern Honshu, Japan, paralleling the Pacific coast and extending for about 155 mi (250 km) from southern Aomori Prefecture, through Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, to… … Universalium
Ōu Mountains — ▪ mountains, Japan Japanese Ōu sammyaku, range forming the backbone of northeastern Honshu, Japan, and extending for 310 miles (500 km) south from Aomori ken (prefecture) to Fukushima ken. Geologically, dominant Tertiary sediments are… … Universalium
Ōshū, Iwate — Ōshū 奥州市 City Location of Ōshū in Iwate … Wikipedia
mountain — mountainless, adj. /mown tn/, n. 1. a natural elevation of the earth s surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft. (610 m). 2. a large mass of something… … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
Tohoku — ▪ region, Japan chihō (region), located on northern Honshu, Japan, and including the ken (prefectures) of Aomori, Akita, Iwate, Yamagata, Miyagi, and Fukushima. Its name is derived from the Japanese terms tō (“east”) and hoku (“north”). The … Universalium
Géographie du Japon — Continent Asie Région Asie de l Est Coordonnées 36°N 138°E Superficie 62e rang mondial 377 … Wikipédia en Français
Mount Hayachine — For the asteroid, see 11129 Hayachine. Mount Hayachine Mount Hayachine from the south in November 2009 Elevation … Wikipedia
Emishi — For the statesman at the Yamato imperial court, see Soga no Emishi. The name Emishi ( ja. 蝦夷, pre 7th century ja. 毛人) was used by the Japanese to designate people who lived in northeastern Honshū in what is today known as the Tohoku region but… … Wikipedia
