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title Japans Geophysical Setting Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University draft as of 31 Aug 2014 Slide 2 Slide 3 Latitudinal comparison: Japan and the US Slide 4 Pacific Ocean Currents Slide 5 Intersection of Kuroshio and Oyashio Currents Slide 6 temperature Slide 7 rainfall Slide 8 rainfall distribution Slide 9 Tsukushi Plain Slide 10 Kinai Plain Slide 11 Kant Plain Slide 12 Nbi and Kant Plains Slide 13 Tectonic plates Slide 14 tectonic plates Slide 15 Zone of March 2011 earthquake and tsunami Slide 16 Aneyoshi Slide 17 Tsunami warning-marker in Aneyoshi Slide 18 Marker for Meiji 29 (1896) and Shwa 8 (1933) tsunamis Slide 19 Human Family Tree Slide 20 extent of Homo Erectus Slide 21 Japans glaciation, c. 20,000 years ago Slide 22 (the end) Slide 23 title Slide 24 Slide 25 Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28