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Encyclopedia > Sobaek Mountains
Sobaek Mountains
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Hangul: 소백산맥
Hanja: 小白山脈
Revised Romanization: Sobaek Sanmaek
McCune-Reischauer: Sobaek Sanmaek

The Sobaek Mountains are a mountain range cutting across the southern Korean peninsula. They split off from the Taebaek Mountains and trend southwest across the center of the peninsula. They are traditionally considered to reach their southwestern limit at Jiri-san, which is also the highest peak of the range. Other famous mountains in the range include Songni Mountain, Joryeong Mountain, Gaya Mountain, Worak Mountain, and Sobaek Mountain itself. The peaks of the Sobaek Mountains are generally well over 1000 m above sea level. Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) 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 replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ... The Taebaek Mountains are a mountain range in both North and South Korea. ... Jiri-san is a mountain in the south of South Korea. ... Gaya-san is a mountain and national park in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. ... Worak Mountain is a major mountain of the Sobaek mountain range. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ...


The Sobaek Mountains form the southern half of the Baekdudaegan, the symbolic "spine" of Korea. They mark the traditional border between the Honam and Yeongnam regions. Honam is a region coinciding with the former Jeolla Province in what is now South Korea. ... Yeongnam is the name of a region that coincides with the former Gyeongsang Province in what is now South Korea. ...


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Sobaek Mountains (132 words)
The Sobaek Mountains are a mountain range cutting across the southern Korean peninsula.
The peaks of the Sobaek Mountains are generally well over 1000 m above sea level.
The Sobaek Mountains form the southern half of the Baekdudaegan, the symbolic "spine" of Korea.
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