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	Nakdong River Information
		The Nakdong River (Rakdong in North Korean) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan.
		The Nakdong flows from the Taebaek Mountains to the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Busan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
	www.bookrags.com /Nakdong_River (549 words)

	Nakdong River - Definition, explanation
		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.
		These states clearly made use of the river's potential for navigation and commerce, operating a thriving trade in armor and weapons with neighboring countries including Yamato period Japan.
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Pusan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/na/nakdong_river.php (585 words)

	Nakdong River - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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 Nakdong flows from the Taebaek Mountains to the East Sea (Sea of Japan).
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Pusan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
	www.biocrawler.com /w/index.php?title=Nakdong_River&redirect=no (582 words)

	Nakdong River
		The Nakdong River is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan.
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Pusan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
		The Nakdong and its tributaries also serve as a major source of drinking water for the inhabitants of the river basin and others nearby.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/n/na/nakdong_river.html (573 words)

	Cases at a local level : South Korea
		Nakdong River also registered an improvement in the BOD from 21.1mg/l in 1988 to 4.3mg/l in 2001.
		Sincheon River which meanders through the Daegu downtown area was dying due to the remains of excessive waste water generated by the rapid economic development and population explosion of the 1960s.
		However, the Sincheon River was restored to its former condition with abundant clear water, thanks to the construction of rainwater and waste water separation facility that prevented domestic sewage from entering the River.
	www.wepa-db.net /policies/cases/southkorea.htm (1060 words)

	First phase of the ecosystem study of the Nakdong River (1993-2000)
		The Nakdong River is an excellent example of the "regulated river" and it provides a good case study of the river with an estuarine dam.
		The Nakdong River basin lies in the monsoon region of the eastern Asia, with hot summers and cool to cold winters.
		The fluctuation of discharge in the lower Nakdong River after the construction of estuarine dam seemed to be affected by the precipitation in the middle region of the basin and by the discharge operations of the dams in tributaries and the estuary.
	klter.kookmin.ac.kr /EVENTS/Conference00/html/joogijae.htm (2186 words)

	Kyeongsang
		Until it meets the main stream of Nakdong gang that is one of the bieggest rivers in Korea, it provides plenty of good fishing spots for lure and fly fishers to catch Sogari, Keokji, Pirami etc..
		This river is one of the branches at upperstream of Kyeongho gang.
		It is the river that rises from the Daewonsa kyegok(valley) and Jungsan ri kyegok(valley) to irrigate Jinyang ho(lake).
	www.anglerstown.com /e_kyungsang.htm (2097 words)

	Nakdong River - Galbijim
		The river originates from the junction of the Cheolamcheon and Hwangjicheon streams in Dongjeom-dong, Taebaek city, Gangwon-do.
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Busan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
		The Nakdong valley includes the largest extant wetland in South Korea: the Upo wetland in Changnyeong County, Gyeongsangnam-do.
	wiki.galbijim.com /Nakdong_River (616 words)

	▒▒▒ Busan Convention & Visitors Bureau ▒▒▒ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nakdong River supplies Busan with most of its drinking, irrigation, and industrial water so the estuary of the Nakdong River is a major consideration in the future development of Busan in the 21st century.
		Nakdong River Estuary must be maintained as a sanctuary for migratory birds.
		Nakdong River Estuary is only minutes away from the Hadan subway stop #2 on subway line #1.
	www.busancvb.org /eng/04_tour/01_tour_10.asp (458 words)

	::::: upo wetland cyber ecological park :::::
		After the flood of the Nakdong river, the mud in the water of the Upo wetland subsides and the Upo wetland becomes tranquil.
		The river snail resides on the bottom of the wetland and are also sticked to the water caltrop or frogbit.
		When the Nakdong river flooded into the Upo with heavy rain, the nutrients accumulated on the bottom of the river flowed to the surrounding rice fields.
	upo.or.kr /eng/main4_101.html (623 words)

	Hydrological and Water Quality Models and Basin Management Strategies for the Nakdong River Basin
		Model results for Scenarios 2 and 3 indicated that the mainstem water's quality improves primarily in the vicinity of the Kumho River, one of the major Nakdong tributaries where pollution loadings are highest and significant increases in domestic wastewater treatment capacity are planned.
		Water quality data acquisition activities in the Nakdong River Basin should be planned in an integrated, basinwide manner related to specific management issues.
		EVS prepared a report on the evaluation of water quality and supply issues in the Nakdong River Basin for the years 2001, 2006, and 2011 for the Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology in 1999.
	www.ead.anl.gov /project/dsp_fsdetail.cfm?id=41 (728 words)

	We need your help!
		After construction of estuary of Nakdong river, there have been so many accidents such as phenol accident in 1991, detection of poisonous pesticides and heavy metal able to cause cancer in 1993,stink accident in 1994 in Nakdong River so Pusan,Kyungnam Province people's interesting come to be encreased day by day.
		We organized the symposium,conference by citizen to save river and to make the policy of the improvement of river's quality,visiting the "Blue House(president's official residence)","The ministry of construction and traffic" and "The ministry of environment" several times,doing signature movement and campaign and research to know the condition of river's situation and so on.
		River is a resource of people,animal,plant and any kinds of life on the world to live in.
	www.ibiblio.org /london/agriculture/forums/sustainable-agriculture/msg03640.html (475 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Nakdong River turned crimson with blood, and the sound of gunshots and terrified screams permeated the air.
		For the U.S. army, the fiercest battle of all was the Battle of Young-san at Nakdong River.
		The Nakdong River battlefront grew narrower and narrower from August to mid-September.
	library.thinkquest.org /28386/koreanwar/entrance/eng/int3/int3-8.htm (376 words)

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		Their target is the mouth of the Nakdong River around Eulsukdo in Busan and the advance unit is composed of the speedy cormorant.
		The Nakdong river estuary is an ideal stopover for migratory birds because the area supplies abundant food sources like various species of fish, shellfish, and crustaceans year round and the warm temperatures here prevent the river from freezing.
		The area continues to be ruined by the establishment of the Nakdong River estuary levee in the 1980s, sanitary and tidal reef landfills in the 1990s, and construction of a large bridge in the 2000s.
	www.pusannews.co.kr /news2000/asp/news.asp?gbn=v&code=8000&key=20051115.22083200305 (528 words)

	nakdong river budgets (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Nakdong River, located to the south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsula (Figure 1), is the second largest river in South Korea (second to the Han River, which flows through Seoul), with a total length of 530 km, and a drainage area of 24,000 km
		The estuary of the Nakdong River is located between 35.03° and 35.13°N, and 128.48° and 129.00°E. The estuarine area acts as a buffer between fresh and salt water, and contains the largest nesting grounds for migratory birds in eastern countries due to the abundance of phytoplankton and zooplankton, mollusks, seaweeds and aquatic plants (
		Salt and water budgets for the Nakdong River estuary in the wet (a) and dry (b) seasons.
	data.ecology.su.se /MNODE/Asia/Korea/NakdongRiver/nakdongbud.htm (750 words)

	Helping Rural Prosperity - ADB.org
		Only three decades ago, the Nakdong River would flood regularly, damaging the city of Andong as well as wiping out farmers’ crops and causing widepsread food shortages over a wide area.
		Later, the Nakdong project extended flood control by building or improving over 300 kilometers (km) of embankments on both sides of the river, stretching from Andong almost to Daegu, capital of the Yeongnam region.
		At a village within sight of Nakdong River, 74-year-old farmer Si-Hwal Yoo and two women family members are bent over, planting garlic in neat rows of earth.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Brochures/ADB_and_Korea_MDG_Supplement/helping_rural.asp (425 words)

	Baekdudaegan Mountain Range Eco-Tourism Cyber System
		This is the mountain range that is on the east of the Nakdong River and all its water of the east flows into the eastern sea.
		Thirdly, water system of river was always considered the basis when the flow of mountain was identified into stream and branch.
		The flow of mountain range is not disrupted by the water course, and rivers are classified by the mountain range.
	www.gwbaekdu.com /eng/sa/sa01_002.asp (2701 words)

	Nakdong River at AllExperts
		The Nakdong River (Rakdong in North Korean) is the longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan.
		These states exploited the river's potential for navigation and commerce, operating a thriving trade in armor and weapons with neighboring countries, including Yamato period Japan.
		The southern length of the river formed the western portion of the Busan Perimeter, which the UN forces fought to maintain during the autumn of 1950.
	en.allexperts.com /e/n/na/nakdong_river.htm (623 words)

	::::: upo wetland cyber ecological park ::::: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In that time, the Nakdong river and the Topyeong stream were narrow and small.
		As the inland glacier began to melt, the land surface around the Nakdong river was washed away and sand and stones began to flow with water to the sea.
		As the water level of the Nakdong river rose, the water with sand and stones overflew into the surrounding area of the river, which were accumulated along the river and became a bank of the river.
	upo.or.kr /eng/main1_202.html (166 words)

	nakdong river budgets
		The Nakdong River, located to the south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsula (Figure 1), is the second largest river in South Korea (second to the Han River, which flows through Seoul), with a total length of 530 km, and a drainage area of 24,000 km
		The estuary of the Nakdong River is located between 35.03° and 35.13°N, and 128.48° and 129.00°E. The estuarine area acts as a buffer between fresh and salt water, and contains the largest nesting grounds for migratory birds in eastern countries due to the abundance of phytoplankton and zooplankton, mollusks, seaweeds and aquatic plants (
		Salt and water budgets for the Nakdong River estuary in the wet (a) and dry (b) seasons.
	nest.su.se /mnode/Asia/Korea/NakdongRiver/nakdongbud.htm (750 words)

	"H41B-0378" in fm06
		The geology is composed of fluvial deposits containing upper fine, medium, and lower fine sands, and a highly conductive sand/gravel layer from the ground surface to a depth of 60 meters.
		The stream discharges of the Nakdong River fluctuate from 61 to 4,244 m3/s.
		To interpret this phenomenon, the relations among pumping quantity, drawdown, drawdown ratio, and the Nakdong River discharge were analyzed.
	www.agu.org /cgi-bin/wais?hh=H41B-0378 (485 words)

	International Rivers Network
		The Sardar Sarovar Dam is on the Narmada River in Gujarat state, 170 km upstream from where the river flows into the Gulf of Khambhat in the Arabian Sea.
		The Nakdong River is the longest river in South Korea (300 km long).
		In the upper reaches of the Nakdong, a dam was built in 1986, to provide electricity, flood control, water for irrigation and drinking, which submerged a culturally rich area and beautiful environment.
	www.irn.org /index.php?id=links/as.riverworks.html (1764 words)

	Yeong River at AllExperts
		The Yeong River is a river in North Gyeongsang province, South Korea.
		The river's name may have the literal meaning "long river," although the Yeong is not particularly long (it could also mean "enduring river" or "deep river").
		The river flows past Jinnam Bridge, which is known as one of the most beautiful places in North Gyeongsang and is a popular symbol of Mungyeong.
	en.allexperts.com /e/y/ye/Yeong_River.htm (285 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
		SEOUL - The South Korean government plans to construct four dams along the Nakdong River as part of flood-control measures for the nation's second-largest river, the Ministry of Construction and Transportation said on Monday.
		In addition to the dam construction, the ministry is to increase the number of flood observatories on the Nakdong River from 120 to 162.
		The Nakdong is longer than the 494-kilometer Han River flowing through Seoul, but its flood-control volume of 550 million tons is a third of the Han's 1.61 billion tons.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/EL09Dg02.html (337 words)

	Birds Korea - Nakdong River
		The Nakdong River is Korea's largest, and although the tidal range is only 1.5 m on highest Spring tides, tidal influence used to reach tens of kilometere upstream.
		Although not (yet!) a Ramsar site, much of the Nakdong Estuary is about as strictly protected as it can be under national legislation, and it is clear that Busan City has also invested heavily in recognising and conserving the estuary's importance for wildlife and for people.
		Birds Korea, especially as an organisation based in Busan, also believes we need to use this ongoing and heated debate as an opportunity to gather and deliver good information and opinion, to raise awareness of the values and benefits of conservation of the estuary through strategic and well-focused advocacy.
	www.birdskorea.org /Nakdonk-News-Oct.2007.asp (647 words)

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