Yalu
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Yalu Amnok |
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 Course of the Yalu on the border between China and North Korea |
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North Korea , Jilin , Liaoning ( PR China ) |
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| River system | Yalu | |
| Headwaters | Changbai Mountains | |
| Source height | approx. 2500 m | |
| muzzle | in the Yellow Sea Coordinates: 39 ° 50 ′ 3 " N , 124 ° 18 ′ 58" E 39 ° 50 ′ 3 " N , 124 ° 18 ′ 58" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 2500 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 3.1 ‰ | |
| length | 813 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 30,000 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge Kumchang A Eo : 18,245 km² |
MQ 1965/1984 Mq 1965/1984 |
149 m³ / s 8.2 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Changjin-gang , Hŏch'ŏn-gang , Tongro-gang | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Supung dam | |
| Big cities | Dandong , Sinŭiju | |
 The Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge crossing the Yalu next to the newly built bridge |
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| Yalu | |
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| Chinese name | |
| Abbreviation | 鸭绿江 |
| Long characters | 鴨綠江 |
| Pronunciation ( IPA ) | [ jálû ʨi̯ɑ́ŋ ] |
| Pinyin | Yālù Jiāng |
| Wade-Giles | Ya-lu Chiang |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 압록강 |
| Hancha | 鴨綠江 |
| pronunciation | [ amɾok̚k͈aŋ ] |
| McCune-Reischauer | Amnokkang |
| Revised Romanization | Amnokgang |
The Yalu ( German also Jalu , in North Korea called Amnokkang ) is a border river between the People's Republic of China and North Korea .
It rises at 2500 m above sea level on Paektu-san in the Changbai Mountains and flows into the Yellow Sea after 813 km between the cities of Dandong (China) and Sinŭiju (North Korea) . The main tributaries of the Yalu are the Changjin-gang , the Hŏch'ŏn-gang and the Tongro-gang .
In Sup'ung-Rodongjagu ( 水 豊 勞動者 區 ) on the Yalu, upstream from Sinŭiju, the Supung Dam was built with one of the largest Asian hydropower plants. The dam is 160 m high and over 850 m long. Since the power plant was built in a border river, it is operated jointly by both countries. The lower reaches of the Yalu are navigable. In the area of the mouth of the Yalu are u. a. the islands of Hwanggŭmp'yŏng and Pidan-sŏm .
Due to its strategic location between the Empire of China and Korea , the river was the scene of several battles during the Sino-Japanese War 1894/95 ( sea battle at Yalu ) and the Russo-Japanese War 1904/05. The only bridge that was not completely destroyed in the Korean War now connects Sinŭiju and Dandong alongside a newly built bridge; it is called the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. The New Yalu Bridge between Dandong and Sinŭiju has been completed but cannot yet be used.
Individual evidence
- ↑ UNESCO - Kumchang ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )