Mount Fuji - 1000 Word Notes
Location:
Mount Fuji commonly called “Fuji-san” by the Japanese people is an active volcano with
an astounding height of 3,776m, making it Japan’s tallest peak. Mount Fuji is located on
the border of Yamanashi and Shizuoka in Japan, both prefectures ( parts of Japan).
Mount Fuji is around 100 kilometres away from the southwest of Tokyo which is the
capital of Japan, making it very accessible and popular among the people of Japan.
Mount Fuji also includes 5 lakes around it that are parts of Mount Fuji; these lakes are
Yamanakako, Kawaguchiko, Saiko, Shojika and Motosuko.
Geomorphic Processes:
Mount Fuji is a basaltic stratovolcano that has been transformed over 100,000 years of
erosion, weathering, tectonic and volcanic activity. The new Mount Fuji has formed
about 100,000 years ago from many eruptions with the last eruption in 1707 created
hardened lava, an extrusive igneous rock commonly known as basalt. The eruption
caused a lot of damage to the flora and fauna near Mount Fuji. Over time, basalt
layered from the eruptions and created the beautiful cone shape of Mount Fuji we know
and see. Mount Fuji is located on a convergent plate boundary where 3 plates meet,
these plates are the Amurian plate, Okhotsk plate and Philippine plate. These three
plates converge below Mount Fuji and also make the old Mount Fuji when they collide
and slide past each other. Mount Fuji currently faces wind erosion, wind erosion is a
type of erosion that uses wind to transport the mechanically broken down rocks and soil.
After multiple years of wind erosion and weathering, the fragments of basalt and soil are
free from the volcano and travel down the composite volcano at high speeds from wind
and gravity. Many different paths are built to help climbers avoid erosion coming from
the stratovolcano. There is also deposition on Mount Fuji, an observation was
conducted on Mount Fuji which revealed the dramatic increase in the sulphate
concentration after a typhoon( 9306) passed Japan.
Biotic Processes:
There are many biotic processes in Mount Fuji which include different species of flora
and fauna. There are 37 different species of animals and 100 different species of birds
which make Mount Fuji their home. Although Mount Fuji is a relatively young volcano
where the wildlife couldn’t adapt to nature effectively, many impressive animals inhabit
Mount Fuji. The Asiatic Black Bear is a four-legged mammal that belongs to the Ursidae
family and is on the verge of being endangered, the black bear in the food chain is
called a consumer. There are also 100 species of birds that live in and near Mount Fuji,
Location:
Mount Fuji commonly called “Fuji-san” by the Japanese people is an active volcano with
an astounding height of 3,776m, making it Japan’s tallest peak. Mount Fuji is located on
the border of Yamanashi and Shizuoka in Japan, both prefectures ( parts of Japan).
Mount Fuji is around 100 kilometres away from the southwest of Tokyo which is the
capital of Japan, making it very accessible and popular among the people of Japan.
Mount Fuji also includes 5 lakes around it that are parts of Mount Fuji; these lakes are
Yamanakako, Kawaguchiko, Saiko, Shojika and Motosuko.
Geomorphic Processes:
Mount Fuji is a basaltic stratovolcano that has been transformed over 100,000 years of
erosion, weathering, tectonic and volcanic activity. The new Mount Fuji has formed
about 100,000 years ago from many eruptions with the last eruption in 1707 created
hardened lava, an extrusive igneous rock commonly known as basalt. The eruption
caused a lot of damage to the flora and fauna near Mount Fuji. Over time, basalt
layered from the eruptions and created the beautiful cone shape of Mount Fuji we know
and see. Mount Fuji is located on a convergent plate boundary where 3 plates meet,
these plates are the Amurian plate, Okhotsk plate and Philippine plate. These three
plates converge below Mount Fuji and also make the old Mount Fuji when they collide
and slide past each other. Mount Fuji currently faces wind erosion, wind erosion is a
type of erosion that uses wind to transport the mechanically broken down rocks and soil.
After multiple years of wind erosion and weathering, the fragments of basalt and soil are
free from the volcano and travel down the composite volcano at high speeds from wind
and gravity. Many different paths are built to help climbers avoid erosion coming from
the stratovolcano. There is also deposition on Mount Fuji, an observation was
conducted on Mount Fuji which revealed the dramatic increase in the sulphate
concentration after a typhoon( 9306) passed Japan.
Biotic Processes:
There are many biotic processes in Mount Fuji which include different species of flora
and fauna. There are 37 different species of animals and 100 different species of birds
which make Mount Fuji their home. Although Mount Fuji is a relatively young volcano
where the wildlife couldn’t adapt to nature effectively, many impressive animals inhabit
Mount Fuji. The Asiatic Black Bear is a four-legged mammal that belongs to the Ursidae
family and is on the verge of being endangered, the black bear in the food chain is
called a consumer. There are also 100 species of birds that live in and near Mount Fuji,
