JAPAN
. AREA
total: 234, 863 square miles land: 226,481 square miles water: 8,347 square miles . SIZE COMPARISON about the same size as Montana . SURROUNDING MASSES Sea of Japan East China Sea . BOUNDARIES land: 0 square miles coastlines: 18,114 square miles . GEOGRAPHY climate: tropical in the south, cool in the north terrain: rugged and mountainous . ELEVATION lowest: -4 meters highest: 3, 776 meters all information obtained from CIA World Factbook |