Friday 11 March 2011

JAPAN ( A COUNTRY SERVING AS AN EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY)

WE ALL KNOW THAT JAPAN IS KNOWN AS THE PACIFIC RING OF FIRE BUT HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT WHY IT IS KNOWN SO..??? HAVE WE EVER THOUGHT WHY JAPAN EXPERIENCES MORE EARTHQUAKES THAN OTHER COUNTRIES...??
WHAT MAKES JAPAN THE BEST COUNTRY IN TECHNOLOGY...?? WHY IS KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY OF RISING SUN......??
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                 HERE'S THE ANSWER OF ALL THESE QUESTION.................!!!
                                                         
                                                   WHAT IS RING OF FIRE......???

AREA POPULARLY CALLED "RING OF FIRE"


The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of Fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes.[1] It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
           WHY IS JAPAN CALLED PACIFIC RING OF FIRE.....??? 
Japan is called the pacific ring of fire because it is located on the western edge of the so - called the pacific ring of fire , a 40,000 kilometer area that serves 452 volcanoes and is home to constant earthquake and volcanic erruption.



THE COUNTIES MOST EFFECTED BY THE RING OF FIRE...!!!
WHY IS JAPAN KNOWN AS THE LAND OF RISING SUN..?
Japan literaly known as nippon or nihon means the "origin of sun" commonly meaning the land of rising sun.it is known so because it is said that sun rises in east and seta is west and we all know that japan is located to eastern most part relative to china.hence it is said that sun first rises in japan in the east and sets in china in the west........!!