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Water in this area may have been leftover from ancient times when saline seas occupied the western U.S., and, also, as rainfall infiltrates downward into the ground, it can encounter rocks that contain highly soluble minerals, which turn the water saline.
Shinto and Buddhism are very popular in Japan as well as Christianity and catholicism
Prevailing winds are the planetary winds that are caused by the formation of giant convection cells over the earth. Prevailing winds blow from the hot regions of the earth, like the tropics, to the cold areas of the earth, like the temperate or polar regions, and from the cold areas back to the hotter regions.
Global warming which is not a geological process but something humans have caused
The correct answer is Sea of Japan - answer b) is the correct one!
This sea borders Japan, South and North Koreas, China and Russia.
This sea is named after Japan in most languages, not only in English.
South to it is the East China Sea, which separates China from Taiwan.