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The Geum-gang River is located in South Korea. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː It is a major river that originates in Jangsu-eub, North Jeolla Province. Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. It flows northward through North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces and then changes direction in the vicinity of Greater Daejeon and flows southwest through South Chungcheong Province before emptying into the Yellow Sea near Gunsan city. Chungcheongbuk-do (North Chungcheong is a province in the centre of South Korea. Daejeon ( is a capital city of Chungcheongnamdo Province and metropolitan city in the center of South Korea. Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong is a province in the west of South Korea. The Yellow Sea is the name given to the northern part of the East China Sea, which is a Marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. Gunsan is a city in North Jeolla Province South Korea. It is located on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the
The river is 401 km long [1], making it the third longest in South Korea. The area of the Geum River Basin is 9,859 km² [2]. The upper part of the river flows slowly through part of the Noryeong Mountains and is marked by extensive stream meandering. On the other hand, river curves on middle and lower parts of the river are more gradual and there is comparatively less stream meandering.
Tributary streams of the Geum include the Gap-cheon, Yugu-cheon, Miho-cheon, Unsan-cheon, Seokseong-cheon, and Nonsan-cheon. Several small alluvial plains including the Honam and Nonsan Plain have been formed by the flow of the Geum and its tributaries.
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History and Culture
In the area of Buyeo County, the river bears the name Baengma-gang, which means White Horse River. Buyeo County ( Buyeo-gun) is a county in South Chungcheong Province South Korea. Numerous legends associate the ancient kingdom of Baekje with the Baengma. Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea The Baengma River is the subject of a well-known song of the sin minyo tradition, Kkumkkuneun Baengma-gang (꿈꾸는 백마강, "Dreaming Baengma-gang").
The Geum River and its tributaries were a means of cultural contact from prehistoric times (see Mumun Pottery Period) and into the Three Kingdoms of Korea through their ancient function as a transportation route that begins on the west coast and penetrates deep in the interior of the Peninsula. The Mumun pottery period is an Archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula Bronze Culture flourished in this area from c. 850 B. C. -A. D. 100 (see Liaoning bronze dagger culture). The Liaoning bronze dagger culture is an archeological complex of the late Bronze Age in Northeast Asia Archaeological evidence suggests that some of the very first complex societies in southern Korea briefly flourished in the valleys formed by tributaries of this river [3].
The Geum River Basin contained the chiefdoms of Mahan, and a former centres of the early kingdom of Baekje such as Ungjin (AD 475-525) and Sabi (AD 525-660) are located along the Baengma portion of the river. Baekje (18 BCE – 660 CE or Paekche, was a kingdom located in southwest Korea Ungjin, also known as Gomnaru ( Hangul: 곰나루 literally " Bear port" is a former city on the Korean Peninsula. Sabi was the capital of the Korean kingdom of Baekje from AD 538 until Baekje's fall to Silla in 660.
The river's Korean name ("Gold River") is a homonym of the word for "diamond" (금강; 金剛) and should not be confused with Kŭmgang Mountain (금강산; 金剛山; "Diamond Mountain") in North Korea. In linguistics a homonym is one of a group of words that share the same pronunciation but have different meanings and are usually spelled differently North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia,
Economy
Dams have been built on the Middle and Upper Geum to facilitate water for agriculture and industry. They include the Daecheong Multipurpose Dam and the Yongdam Dam. The city of Greater Daejeon and the farms and industries of South Chungcheong Province rely heavily on the Geum River and its tributaries.
The alluvial plains formed by the Geum and its tributaries are the locations of significant agricultural production in Korea.
References
- ^ Jo, Hwa-ryeong 1987. Hanguk-eui Chungjeok Pyeongya [Alluvial Plains of Korea]. Gyohak Yeongusa, Seoul.
- ^ Jo 1987:35
- ^ Honam Archaeological Society - Hoseo Archaeological Society (eds. ) 2006. Geum-gang: Songguk-ri-hyeong Munhwa-ui Hyeongseong-gwa Baljeon (The Formation and Spread of Songguk-ri Culture in the Geum-gang River Area). Papers of the Joint Conference of the Honam and Hoseo Archaeological Societies, Gunsan.
See also
These are the major Rivers of Asia. See each article for their tributaries drainage areas etc The Korean peninsula is mainly mountainous along its east coast so most of its river water flows west emptying into the Yellow Sea. This is a list of articles on Korea -related people places things and concepts South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land massDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic