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Encyclopedia > Han River (Korea)
Han River (Korea)
Korean name
Hangul: 한강
Hanja: 漢江
Revised Romanization: Han-gang
McCune-Reischauer: Han'gang

The Han River located in South Korea, is the confluence of the South Han River, which originates in Mount Daedeok-san, and the North Han, which originates in Mount Geumgang-san. Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language (as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China). ... Hanja (lit. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Kŭmgang-san (Diamond Mountain) is the second-tallest mountain in North Korea, with a height of 1638 metres. ...


The Han River flows through Seoul to empty into the Yellow Sea. Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ... The Yellow Sea (in North and South Korea, it is also called the West Sea (strangely not disputed like East Sea) is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. ...


The total distance of the Han River is 514 km. Although it is not a long river, the lower Han is remarkably broad for such a relatively short river. Within Seoul limits, the river is more than 1 km wide.


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Han River (Korea) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (127 words)
The Han River located in South Korea, is the confluence of the South Han River, which originates in Mount Daedeok-san, and the North Han, which originates in Mount Geumgang-san.
The Han River flows through Seoul to empty into the Yellow Sea.
Although it is not a long river, the lower Han is remarkably broad for such a relatively short river.
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