Yanayin Hokkaido

Tsibirin Hokkaidō yana arewacin Japan, kusa da Rasha (Sakhalin Oblast).  Yana da bakin teku a kan Tekun Japan (zuwa yammacin tsibirin), Tekun Okhotsk (a arewa), da Tekun Pacific (zuwa gabas).  Tsakiyar tsibirin tana da tsaunuka, tare da tudun dutse mai aman wuta.  Hokkaidō yana da filaye da yawa kamar filin Ishikari mai faɗin murabba'in kilomita 3,800 (sq mi), Tokachi Plain 3,600 murabba'in kilomita (1,400 sq mi), Filin Kushiro murabba'in murabba'in kilomita 2,510 (970 sq mi) (mafi girman filin jika a cikin murabba'in murabba'in Japan)  (77 sq mi).  Hokkaidō yana da fadin murabba'in kilomita 83,423.84 (32,210.12 sq mi) wanda ya mai da shi tsibiri na biyu mafi girma a Japan.

Tsugaru Strait ya raba Hokkaidō daga Honshu (Aomori Prefecture);  La Pérouse Strait ya rabu da Hokkaidô daga tsibirin Sakhalin a Rasha; Nemuro Strait ya ware Hokkaidū daga Tsibirin Kunashir a cikin Tsibirin Kuril na Rasha.

Ikon gwamnati na Hokkaidō ya ƙunshi ƙananan tsibirai da yawa, gami da Rishiri, Tsibirin Okushiri, da Rebun.  (Ta hanyar lissafin Jafananci, Hokkaidō kuma ya haɗa da yawancin Tsibirin Kuril.) Gundumar Hokkaidô ita ce mafi girma kuma mafi arewacin Yankin Japan. Tsibirin yana cikin matsayi na 21 a duniya ta yanki.

## Muhalli

### Tsire-tsire da dabbobi
Akwai mutane uku na Ussuri brown bear da aka samu a tsibirin. Akwai bears masu launin ruwan kasa a Hokkaidō fiye da ko'ina a Asiya ban da Rasha. An raba beyar launin ruwan kasa ta Hokkaidō zuwa asali uku daban-daban. Akwai zuriya takwas kawai a duniya. Wadanda ke kan Honshu sun mutu tun da daɗewa.

Nau'in conifer na asali a arewacin Hokkaidō shine Sakhalin fir (*Abies sachalinensis*).  Hakanan ana samun shuka mai fure *Hydrangea hirta* a tsibirin.

## Ilimin ƙasa
Kamar yankuna da yawa na Japan, Hokkaidō yana da karfin girgizar ƙasa. Baya ga girgizar ƙasa da yawa, ana ɗaukar tsaunuka masu zuwa har yanzu suna aiki (akalla fashewa ɗaya tun 1850):

* Hokkaido Koma-ga-take
* Dutsen Usu da Shōwa-shinzan
* Dutsen Tarumae
* Dutsen Tokachi
* Dutsen Meakan

A shekara ta 1993, girgizar kasa mai girman 7.7 ta haifar da Tsunami wanda ya lalata Okushiri, inda ya kashe mazauna 202. girgizar ƙasa mai girman 6.6.3.3 ta auku a kusa da tsibirin a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 2003. A ranar 6 ga Satumba, 2018, girgizar kasa mai girman 6.6 ta auku tare da cibiyarta kusa da birnin Tomakomai, wanda ya haifar da hasken wuta a duk tsibirin.

A ranar 16 ga Mayu, 2021, girgizar kasa da ta auna 6.1 a kan sikelin Richter ta auku a yankin Hokkaidō na Japan.

## Gidajen shakatawa
 


Fayil:Kottaro_situgen_2009.jpg|Overview of Kushiro Wetland
Fayil:Lake_Akan_and_Mount_Oakan_-_2005.jpg|Lake Akan and Mount Meakan
Fayil:Image-2008_Lake_Masshu.jpg|View of Lake Mashū
Fayil:Lake_Shikotsu17n4272.jpg|Lake Shikotsu
Fayil:Sounkyo1.jpg|Sōunkyō, a gorge in the Daisetsu-zan Volcanic Area


* Gidajen shakatawa na halitta goma sha biyu (道立自然 park). Gidan shakatawa na gundumar ya rufe hekta 146,802, mafi girman yanki na kowane gundumar. Gidan shakatawa na Akkeshi Gidan shakata na Esan Gidan shakaka na Furano-Ashibetsu Gidan shakataw na Hiyama Gidan shakampiw na Kariba-Motta Gidan shakay na Matsumae-Yagoshi Gidan shakayam na Arewacin Okhotsk Gidan shakamp na Nopporo Shinrin Kōen Gidan shakakw na Notsuke-Fūren Gidan shakatam na Shumarinai Gidan shak shakatawa na Prefectural Gidan shakam na Teshiodake&nbsp;
** Gidan shakatawa na Akkeshi
** Gidan shakatawa na Esan
** Gidan shakatawa na Furano-Ashibetsu
** Gidan shakatawa na Hiyama Prefectural
** Gidan shakatawa na Kariba-Motta
** Matsumae-Yagoshi Prefectural Natural Park
** Gidan shakatawa na Arewacin Okhotsk
** Gidan shakatawa na Nopporo Shinrin Kōen
** Gidan shakatawa na Notsuke-Fūren
** Gidan shakatawa na Sharidake Prefectural
** Gidan shakatawa na Shumarinai
** Gidan shakatawa na Teshiodake Prefectural

## Ƙananan yankuna

Ya zuwa watan Afrilu na shekara ta , Hokkaidō tana da manyan ofisoshin Subprefectural guda tara da kuma ofisoshin subprefectural biyar. Hokkaidō na ɗaya daga cikin yankuna takwas a Japan waɗanda ke da ƙananan yankuna (支庁 *shichō*). Koyaya, ita ce kawai ɗaya daga cikin takwas da ke da irin waɗannan ofisoshin da ke rufe duk yankinta a waje da manyan biranen (maimakon samun su kawai don tsibirai masu nisa ko yankuna masu nisa). Wannan galibi saboda girmansa ne; sassa da yawa na gundumar suna da nisa sosai don Sapporo ya gudanar da su yadda ya kamata. Ofisoshin subprefectural a Hokkaidō suna gudanar da yawancin ayyukan da ofisoshin prefectural ke cikawa a wasu wurare a Japan.

## Yanayi

A matsayin yanki mafi sanyi na Japan, Hokkaidō yana da sanyin lokacin rani da lokacin sanyi / dusar ƙanƙara.  Yawancin tsibirin sun faɗi a cikin yanayin yanayi na yanayi mai ɗanɗano tare da Köppen yanayin rarrabuwa Dfb (hemiboreal) a yawancin yankuna amma Dfa (nauyin zafi mai zafi na nahiyar) a cikin wasu wurare na cikin ƙasa.  Matsakaicin yanayin zafi na watan Agusta yana daga 17 zuwa 22 °C (62.6 zuwa 71.6 °F), yayin da matsakaicin zafin watan Janairu ke tashi daga -12 zuwa −4 °C (10.4 zuwa 24.8 °F), a cikin yanayi biyun ya danganta da tsayi da nisa daga teku, kodayake yanayin zafi a gefen yamma na tsibiri mai dumi yakan zama kadan.  Mafi girman zafin jiki da aka taɓa samu shine 39.5 °C (103.1 °F) akan 26 ga Mayu 2019.. 

Yankin arewacin Hokkaidō ya faɗi cikin taiga biome[1] tare da babban dusar ƙanƙara.  Dusar ƙanƙara ta bambanta da nisan mita 11 (400 in) akan tsaunukan da ke kusa da Tekun Japan zuwa kusan mita 1.8 (inci 71) a gabar tekun Pacific.  Tsibirin na da son samun keɓancewar dusar ƙanƙara da ke tasowa da dusar ƙanƙara mai dorewa.  Jimlar hazo ya bambanta daga milimita 1,600 (63 in) akan tsaunukan Tekun Japan zuwa kusan milimita 800 (31 in) (mafi ƙasƙanci a Japan) akan Tekun Okhotsk da ƙananan wurare da kuma kusan milimita 1,100 (43 in) a gefen Pacific.  Gabaɗaya babban ingancin dusar ƙanƙara da tsaunuka masu yawa a cikin Hokkaidō sun sa ya zama yanki mai shahara don wasannin dusar ƙanƙara.  Dusar kankara tana farawa da gaske a cikin Nuwamba kuma wuraren shakatawa (kamar waɗanda ke Niseko, Furano, Teine da Rusutsu) galibi suna aiki tsakanin Disamba da Afrilu.  Hokkaidō yana murna da yanayin hunturu a Sapporo Snow Festival. Snow .

A lokacin hunturu, wucewa ta Tekun Okhotsk sau da yawa yana da rikitarwa ta hanyar manyan kankara. Haɗe da manyan iskõki da ke faruwa a lokacin hunturu, wannan sau da yawa yana kawo tafiye-tafiye na iska da ayyukan teku zuwa tsayawa bayan arewacin gabar Hokkaidō. Tashoshin jiragen ruwa a kan bude Tekun Pacific da Tekun Japan gabaɗaya ba su da kankara a duk shekara, kodayake yawancin koguna suna daskarewa a lokacin hunturu.

Ba kamar sauran manyan tsibirai na Japan ba, Hokkaidō yawanci ba ya shafar lokacin ruwan sama na Mayu-Yuni da rashin zafi na dangi kuma yawanci dumi, maimakon zafi, yanayin bazara ya sa yanayin ya zama abin jan hankali ga masu yawon bude ido daga wasu sassan Japan.

### Bayanan yanayi
 

## Hotuna

Fayil:130922_Lake_Toya_Toyako_Hokkaido_Japan03s3.jpg|Lake Tōya, a volcanic caldera lake 
Fayil:Hokkaido-Japan-ISS-Space.png|Hokkaido seen from the International Space Station
Fayil:140829_Ichiko_of_Shiretoko_Goko_Lakes_Hokkaido_Japan04s3.jpg|Shiretoko Goko Lakes in the town of Shari, Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaidō
Fayil:Spring_Bloom_Colors_the_Pacific_Near_Hokkaido.jpg|The Oyashio Current colliding with the Kuroshio Current off the coast of Hokkaido. When two currents collide, they create eddies. Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated along the boundaries of these eddies, tracing out the motions of the water.