Climate+of+Feudal+Japan

Climate ** ·  varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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·  mostly rugged and mountainous   ·  lowest point:  Hachiro-gata -4 m  ·  highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m   ·  many dormant and some active volcanoes  ·  about 1,500 seismic occurrences (mostly tremors) every year  ·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">tsunamis <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">typhoons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1274: during the Mongol invasion into Japan, a great storm (typhoon) battered and smashed the Mongols’ fleet, forcing them to retreat, the Japanese named it the //kamikaze// (divine wind) for protecting them from the invasion ·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">1281: during the second Mongol invasion, a retired emperor prayed to the gods for an intervention, and a second great storm (kamikaze typhoon), bigger the last, destroyed the Mongols’ ships, forcing them to retreat once again
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