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Encyclopedia > Yeongseo
Yeongseo
Hangul: 영서
Hanja: 嶺西
Revised Romanization: Yeongseo
McCune-Reischauer: Yǒngsǒ

Yeongseo is the western, inland region of Gangwon Province, South Korea and Kangwon Province, North Korea. It is divided from the coastal Yeongdong region by the Taebaek Mountains. The name yeong seo reflects this distinction; it literally means "west of the passes." The region is marked by high plateaus and mountains, with deep valleys. The Han and Nakdong Rivers both have their headwaters in this region. Agriculture in Yeongseo was traditionally carried out by slash and burn methods, but in modern times this has largely been replaced by other techniques, including high-altitude shiitake farming. Hangul (한글) 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. ... Gangwon (Gangwon-do) is a province of South Korea, with its capital at Chuncheon. ... Kangwon (Kangwon-do) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan. ... This article is about Yeongdong, a region in eastern Korea. ... The Taebaek Mountains are a mountain range in both North and South Korea. ... 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 Nakdong River (Rakdong when referred from North Korea) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan. ... The headwaters of a river are small streams that create it. ... Slash and burn agriculture (also known more neutrally as shifting cultivation or swidden-fallow agriculture) is a agricultural system widely used in forested areas. ... Shiitake mushroom lentinus edodes (=lentinula edodes) Shiitake mushrooms (椎茸) are an edible mushroom typically cultivated on the shii tree (Pasania cuspidata--a relative of the oak). ...


See also

This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. ... Location: Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay (Yellow Sea) and the East Sea of Korea (Sea of Japan), between the Peoples Republic of China and South Korea. ... The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. ...

External links

  • Gangwon Province profile of Yeongseo and Yeongdong

  Results from FactBites:
 
Adventure Korea - Korea Travel Club (1074 words)
gangwon-do (province) is mainly divided into the yeongdong (east of mountain range) and yeongseo (west of mountain range) with the taebaek mountain ranges that are developed along the east side of korean peninsula.
gangwon-do is largely divided into yeongdong on the east side of the taebaek summit, the backbone of korean peninsula, and yeongseo on the west side of that ridgeline.
the yeongseo inland regions vary greatly in average temperature due to being affected by the continental climate alternating between severe cold and intense heat.
Korea-DMZ (499 words)
In Yeonseo region, Gnagwon belongs to middle region dialect region and dialect of the northern area of Gyeonggi has the character of add/drop of a consonant, reduction of the phrase and notable forties phenomenon.
These dialects are still used in the Yeongseo Gangwon.and northern area of Gyunggi and the region around or have the trace.
But in the northern region of civilian control line and the regions around these dialects are mixed with certain regions' regional dialects or the standard language showing the disappearance with fast speed.
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