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Vinony's link graph records 119 inbound references to Japan Trench, and connects out to fault, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc.
Vinony files it under Landforms of Japan, Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean and Subduction zones.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- oceanic trench
- Named after
- Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Japan trench topographic.png
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- Commons category
- Japan Trench
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Encyclopedic overview
A map depicting the Japan Trench and its surrounding connections to other relevant trenches. The map was created using GeoMapApp. Topographic map of central Japan, showing location of trenches, tectonic plates and boundaries The Japan Trench is an oceanic trench part of the Pacific Ring of Fire off northeast Japan. It extends from the Kuril Islands to the northern end of the Izu Islands, and is 8,046 metres (26,398 ft) at its deepest. It links the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench to the north and the Izu–Ogasawara Trench to its south with a length of 800 kilometres (497 mi). This trench is created as the oceanic Pacific plate subducts beneath the continental Okhotsk microplate (a microplate formerly a part of the North American plate). The subduction process causes bending of the down going plate, creating a deep trench. Continuing movement on the subduction zone associated with the Japan Trench is one of the main causes of tsunamis and earthquakes in northern Japan, including the megathrust Tōhoku earthquake and resulting tsunami that occurred on 11 March 2011. The rate of subduction associated with the Japan Trench has been recorded at about 7.9–9.2 centimetres (3.1–3.6 in)/yr.
Tectonic history
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Japan Trench” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.