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The Gyeongju Basin is a landform in Gyeongju city, North Gyeongsang province, 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 Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang is a province in eastern South Korea. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː It forms part of the watershed of the Hyeongsan River, which flows north through the basin where it is joined by the Bukcheon, Namcheon, Daecheon, and Sogyeon-cheon streams. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, The Hyeongsan River is a River in southeastern South Korea. It flows from Doseo-myeon Ulju-gun in Ulsan to the Sea of Japan (East Sea covering
The basin is surrounded by low mountains, most of which are also part of Gyeongju National Park. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Gyeongju National Park is one of 20 national parks in South Korea. Specifically, it is bordered by Gowi Mountain (495 m above sea level) on the south, Seondo Mountain (380 m) and Ongnyeo Peak (215 m) on the west, and Gumi Mountain (594 m) on the north. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface Namsan, a mountain composed of two peaks (466 m, 495 m), cuts the Gyeongju Basin into two parts at the southern end. The streams that flow from these mountains have formed a number of interlinked alluvial plains in the Basin. An alluvial plain is a relatively flat Landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more Rivers coming from highland regions
The city center of Gyeongju, which was also the capital of the ancient Silla kingdom, occupies much of the basin. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Various watershed management projects were undertaken even during Silla times, due to continuous flooding in the basin, caused by runoff from the neighboring mountains combined with inflow from the upper Hyeongsan River watershed. A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge The most recent severe flood took place in 1991. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar.
The basin is also home to a great number of important Korean cultural heritage assets, mostly related to its ancient role as capital of Silla. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. For example, the royal tombs of Silla are located there, as is the Gyerim forest. For the New York prison see The Tombs. A Tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria The slopes of the entire Namsan Mountain are covered in religious and ceremonial sites dating from the Mumun Pottery Period (c. 1500-300 B. C. ) to the end of the Korean Three Kingdoms (c. The Three Kingdoms of Korea ( refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula AD 668). Namsan and environs is registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex
Agriculture is also undertaken on a significant scale within the basin. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture The crops are primary staples such as rice, barley, and soybeans. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Barley ( Hordeum vulgare) is an annual Cereal Grain, which serves as a major animal Feed crop, with smaller amounts used for The Gyeongju strain of rice grown here is particularly famous for its quality. However, the Gyeongju Basin has undergone significant environmental strain since the 1970s resulting the construction of tourist facilities, the expansion and industrialization of urban Gyeongju, intensive agriculture, and the construction and use of national public infrastructure such as expressways, highways, and high-speed rail.
See also
References
- Cho, Hwa-ryong. 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 mass 1987. Hanguk-eui Chungjeok Pyeongya [Alluvial Plains of Korea]. Gyohak Yeongusa, Seoul.
- Kang, Bong W. 2006. Large-scale Reservoir Construction and Political Centralization: A Case Study from Ancient Korea. Journal of Anthropological Research 62(2):193-?.
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