Japan Prefectures and Capitals Quiz | Terrain, Climate and Disaster Risk, Set 2

On a slope-gradient map, the whiter the gentler and the blacker the steeper, so the map shows A to be the gentler. The shading does not directly represent elevation or the firmness of the ground, so it cannot be said that A is higher or that B is firmer.

In length the Shinano's 367 km exceeds the Tone's 322 km, but in basin area the Tone's 16,840 km² exceeds the Shinano's 11,900 km². Length and the extent of the area collecting rainfall are separate measures, so the longest river does not necessarily have the largest basin.

The winter seasonal wind is cold and dry as it leaves the continent, but it takes up water vapor while crossing the relatively warm Sea of Japan, and snow cloud develops. That cloud drops snow on the windward side of the central mountains. The explanation involves neither snow cloud arriving from the Pacific nor a wind blowing from Japan toward the continent.

The Oyashio is a cold current flowing south along the Kuril Islands as far as the waters east of Japan, low in temperature and salinity and rich in nutrients. The representative warm current flowing north from the south of Japan is the Kuroshio, which differs from the Oyashio in both direction and temperature.

In the ministry's account, the Kanmon Strait connects the Seto Inland Sea to the Sea of Japan. The openings to the Pacific are the Kii and Bungo channels, so treating the Kanmon Strait as the exit to the Pacific is a mistake.

An active volcano is defined as one that has erupted within roughly the last 10,000 years, or that has vigorous fumarolic activity at present. An eruption about 7,000 years ago satisfies the first condition, so it is an active volcano even while currently quiet. The definition is not limited to historical records or present eruption.

Monuments may not appear because they have not been identified or registered, or because they have been removed or relocated, so their absence proves neither that no disaster occurred nor that the area is safe. Combining landform classification, hazard maps and municipal material lets past records and present risk complement one another.

A former river channel is the course of an old river, and a distinct one lies lower than the surrounding floodplain, so water gathers there easily. The ground is also soft, so deep and prolonged inundation and liquefaction during an earthquake require attention. The absence of a visible river today does not mean the connection with flooding has gone.

The Kiso Range corresponds to the Central Alps. The Northern Alps are the Hida Range and the Southern Alps the Akaishi Range, the three together being known as the Japanese Alps. The Ōu Range runs the length of the Tōhoku region and is not among them.

Against the previous year, naked barley's 32% increase exceeds two-row barley's 28% and six-row barley's 7%. Wheat fell by 1% and so did not increase at all. The question compares rates of change from the previous year, not the size of the harvests themselves.