Camp
Schwab and Okinawa, Japan is located on the Eurasian Plate and on west side
of the Philippine Plate and on the border of the a convergent plate
boundary. The geographic location of the island of Okinawa cause many
geographic and geologic phenomena to occur. The island being
located close to a tectonic plate boundary cause formation of land, as well as,
earthquakes and being at about 27°N Latitude, the island is susceptible to
typhoons. The island's location is directly in the "line of
fire" for typhoons, which will cause mass wasting, and weathering to the
island over time. I will hypothesis what the islands physical geography might look like in the next 1,000, 10,000, and 1,000,000 years in the future.
In 10,000 years, Okinawa, Japan the rock
that will portray due to the mass wasting of the previous years will continue
to decay and the island may become flatter. With continued rainfall over 10,000
years, the top soil will wash away leaving only rock exposed. With the
continued rainfall and the island consisting of Basalt and Coral, both of which,
are susceptible to weathering due to high levels of rain. The picture above shows
rock protruding from the surface due to weathering and removal of the top soil,
provided by http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7113.html.
