Handling

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Handling
Daecheong Dam

Daecheong Dam

Data
location South Korea
River system Handling
Tteunbongsaem in the village of Subun-ri,
35 ° 35 '25 "  N , 127 ° 30' 15"  E
Source height 530  m
muzzle in the Yellow Sea Coordinates: 35 ° 59 ′ 59 "  N , 126 ° 39 ′ 20"  E 35 ° 59 ′ 59 "  N , 126 ° 39 ′ 20"  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 530 m
Bottom slope 1.3 ‰
length 401 km
Catchment area 9859 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Yongdam , Daecheong
Big cities Gunsan , Daejeon
Medium-sized cities Muju , Gongju , Beyeo
Course of the Geumgang

Course of the Geumgang

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 금강
Hanja : 錦江
Revised Romanization : Handling
McCune-Reischauer : Kŭmgang

The Geumgang ( 금강 ) is the third longest river in South Korea with its 401 km .

Name meaning

Geumgang translates as “ silk flow ”, referring to its evenly gentle flow.

geography

The river has its source as Tteunbongsaem in the village of Subun-ri and east of the 875  m high Sunmusan , in the Jangsu -gun district of Jeollabuk-do province . On its way north, the river is dammed 7 km northeast of Jinan- eup in the Yongdam reservoir. Further north, west of Daejeon , the Daecheong Dam is another damming of the Geumgang. Then the river flows further west and makes a sharp right-angled bend to the south at Gongju, and then flows into the Yellow Sea via Beyeo after about 50 km at Gunsan .

In the upper reaches of the river it crosses the 1594  m high Deogyusan Mountains, followed by the Baegunsan Mountains, which are 1279  m high. The middle and lower part of the river crosses rather flat landscapes.

The Geumgang drains an area of ​​9885 km 2

use

The river supplied large parts of the former Honam ( Jeolla-do ) and was important for the water supply of the Kingdom of Baekje , as the Geumgang flowed through two main sites that the kingdom had one after the other. The river was also used to transport goods to Japan at that time , bringing the culture of the developed Baekje to the Japanese islands.

Today the river is used not only for drinking water supply and for supplying agriculture with water. Two large hydropower plants produce electricity for the entire region.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The source and the coordinates of the river were determined using Bing Map and Google Earth.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Geumgang River ( 금강 ). Korea Tourism Organization , accessed September 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Gongju - Intersection of the Past and Present, Mountains and Rivers . In: Koreana . Vol.22 No.3 . The Korea Foundation , Seoul August 2008, On the Road , p.  68 (English).
  4. ^ The Sober Beauty of a Silk River with an Elegant Allure . Korea Tourism Organization , accessed September 17, 2015 .
  5. ^ A b Water Resources Facilities . K-water , accessed on September 17, 2015 .
  6. ↑ South Korea . tape  49 . HB Verlags- und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-616-06449-X , maps, p. 112/113 .