Nakdonggang
| Nakdonggang | ||
 Location of the Nakdong Gang on the Korean Peninsula |
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| location | South Korea | |
| River system | Nakdonggang | |
| origin | Confluence of Cheolamcheon and Hwangjicheon | |
| muzzle | in the Sea of Japan near Busan Coordinates: 35 ° 3 ′ 6 ″ N , 128 ° 55 ′ 21 ″ E 35 ° 3 ′ 6 ″ N , 128 ° 55 ′ 21 ″ E |
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| length | 526 km | |
| Catchment area | 23,384 km² | |
| Big cities | Busan , Daegu | |
 A bridge over the Nakdonggang |
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| Korean spelling | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 낙동강 |
| Hanja : | 洛東江 |
| Revised Romanization : | Nakdonggang |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Naktonggang |
The Nakdonggang , also known as the Nakdong River , is the longest river in South Korea at 526 km .
It arises from the confluence of the Cheolamcheon and Hwangjicheon near Taebaek in Gangwon-do Province . Like most of the other rivers in the country, these have their source in the Taebaek Mountains . From there the Nakdong flows through Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do past Daegu to the south and flows into the Sea of Japan near Busan near the Korea Strait .
The area around the Nakdonggang is mainly used economically as a cultivation area for wet rice .
Historically, the area around the river is also important for Japan . During the Yamato period , Gaya State was located there , which exported iron to Japan.
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- ↑ Peter H. Lee, Yongho Ch'oe, Hugh HW Kang: Sources of Korean Tradition. Volume One: From Early Times Through the Sixteenth Century . Columbia University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-231-51531-3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).