The Ryukyu Arc is an island arc which extends from the south of Kyushu along the Ryukyu Islands to the northeast of Taiwan, spanning about 1,200 kilometres...

back arc region parallel to the trench, a transect spanning the trench, fore arc and back arc region, and a transect spanning the Ryukyu volcanic arc. The...

Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit. "Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko)...

Ryukyu dog (琉球犬, Ryūkyū-inu or Ryūkyū-ken) is an endangered, medium-sized breed of dog indigenous to Okinawa, Japan. There were as few as 400 Ryukyu as...

consists of three island arcs from north to south: the Northeastern Japan Arc, the Southwestern Japan Arc, and the Ryukyu Island Arc. The Daitō Islands, the...

China-Ryukyu Border Trough ) is a seabed feature of the East China Sea. It is an active, initial back-arc rifting basin which has formed behind the Ryukyu arc-trench...

"Quaternary Paleo-Geography of the Ryukyu Arc". Journal of Geography. 105 (3). 1996. "Construction and breakup of the Ryukyu Landbridge and their tectonic...

the Ryukyu Trench and the island arc that forms the Ryukyu Islands. The Okinawa Plate is bounded on the western side by the Okinawa Trough, a back arc basin...

Ryukyu or Ryukyuan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Ryukyu Islands are a volcanic arc archipelago. Ryukyu may also refer to: Kingdom of Ryukyu...

transporting larvae from southerly coral reefs to downstream reefs along the Ryukyu Arc. Western boundary currents are used by certain species of squid for rapid...