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The Hyeongsan River is a river in southeastern 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 "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː It flows from Doseo-myeon, Ulju-gun in Ulsan to the Sea of Japan (East Sea), covering a distance of about 62 km. Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the East Sea The Sea of Japan is a Marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered by Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The Hyeongsan watershed covers roughly 1,167 km² (Jo 1987:35). 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, Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of
The Hyeongsan flows north from near the northern border of Greater Ulsan into Gyeongju city, where it enters the Gyeongju Basin and is joined by the Bukcheon stream, a major tributary. Ulsan is a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, facing the East Sea Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea The Gyeongju Basin is a Landform in Gyeongju city North Gyeongsang province South Korea. It continues north into Pohang city, and in Angang-eup of Pohang it is joined by the Gigyecheon flowing from the north and turns abruptly eastward. Pohang is a city in North Gyeongsang Province South Korea. The built-up area of Pohang is located on the alluvium of the mouth of the Hyeongsan River From there runs east and slightly north until it meets the Sea of Japan at Pohang Harbor. The estuary of the Hyeongsan has been covered by the massive industrial development around the port of Pohang, including the POSCO steel mill. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The Pohang Iron and Steel Company, or POSCO ( ( ( ( based in Pohang, South Korea, is the third largest Steel producer in the world Steel Mill was one of Bruce Springsteen 's early bands and performed regularly on the Jersey Shore, in Virginia, and also in California from 1969
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History
The Hyeongsan is primarily notable for the Silla civilization which arose within its valley, centered at Gyeongju. Silla (57 BC – 935 AD was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea
Middle Jeulmun Pottery Period potsherds have been unearthed in the Hyeongsan Basin. The Jeulmun Pottery Period is an archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 8000-1500 B Several significant Mumun settlements arose along the river after 1100 B. The Mumun pottery period is an Archaeological era in Korean prehistory that dates to approximately 1500-300 BC C. , notably Wolsan-ri and Hwangseong-dong (FPCP 2005; GNRICH 2003).
Economy
Today the Hyeongsan continues to play a role in local transport, as it has for thousands of years. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another Although very little boat traffic is found on the river, the river valley still provides an important transportation corridor. A boat is a Watercraft of modest size designed to float or plane on water and provide transport over it Highways connecting Ulsan, Gyeongju and Pohang follow the river's course, as does the Donghae Nambu Line passenger railway from Gyeongju to Pohang. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve The Donghae Nambu Line is a railway line connecting Busan to Pohang in South Korea.
The sprawling industrial facilities of Pohang Iron and Steel (POSCO) and INI Steel are located in Pohang just south of the mouth of the Hyeongsan. The eastern bank of the river in the suburbs north of the old city of Gyeongju are the home to many industrial facilities.
References
- FPCP (Foundation for the Preservation of Cultural Properties) 2005. Gyeongju Hwangseong-dong Yujeok II~IV. Report of the Research of Antiquities Vol. 171. FPCP, Gyeongju.
- GNRICH (Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage) 2003. Gyeongju Wolseong-ri Yujeok. GNRICH, Gyeongju.
- Jo, Hwa-ryeong 1987. Hanguk-eui Chungjeok Pyeongya [Alluvial Plains of Korea]. Gyohak Yeongusa, Seoul.
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