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  Yalu River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Yalu River (Chinese) or the Amrok River (Korean), is a river on the border between China and North Korea.
The Korean side of the river was heavily industrialized during the Japanese Colonial Period (1910–1945), and by 1945 almost 20% of Japan's total industrial output originated in Korea.
The river is important for hydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is in Sup'ung Rodongjagu, 100 m high and over 850 m long, located upstream from Sinŭiju, North Korea.
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 Yalu River
The Yalu River (鴨綠江 Yalu Jiang (Pinyin), Amnok-kang (Korean)) is in East Asia.
The river basin is the mythical site of the beginnings of the first proto-Korean nation Kojosun[?], when in 2333 BC Tangun[?] unified many of the tribes along the river.
The Korean river area was heavily industrialised during the Japanese rule, by 1945 almost 20% of Japan's total industrial output originated in Korea.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ya/Yalu_River.html   (271 words)

  
 Yalu River - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Amnok River, or the Yalu River, is a river on the border between China and North Korea.
The Korean side of the river was heavily industrialized during the Japanese Colonial Period (1910-1945), and by 1945 almost 20% of Japan's total industrial output originated in Korea.
The river is important for hydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is in Sup'ung Rodongjagu, 100 m high and over 850 m long, located upstream from Sinŭiju, North Korea.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Amnok   (395 words)

  
 Yalu - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Yalu (Japanese, Oryokko; Korean Amnok), river, eastern Asia, forming most of the boundary between North Korea and China.
Nearly all the major rivers of North Korea rise in the mountains and flow west to the Yellow Sea.
It faced the Russians on the Yalu River by late...
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 Sinuiju - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The border with China is marked by the Yalu (Amnok) River.
The city is a Terminus on the Gyeongui railroad line (known as the P'yŏngui in the North) and is 25 miles (40km) from the mouth of the Yalu River.
Developed as a major settlement during the Japanese occupation (1910–45) at the terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sinuiju   (427 words)

  
 Yalu: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
From the Korean side of the Yalu River border they would be able to see...early December in the hills south of the Yalu was not that of an ignorant command system...
High rollers and the poor share the Yalu River by Calum, Lijia MacLeod...dictats melt away in the shared waters of the Yalu River between Dandong on the northern shore...numbers of Chinese tourists who cross the Yalu on $45 day-trips to North Korea.
...18 km) are marked chiefly by the great Yalu (Korean Amnok) and Tumen (Korean Duman...waterfalls; important rivers, in addition to the Yalu and Tumen, are the Han, the Geum, the Taedong...Korean state, arose in the north near the Yalu River in the 1st cent.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> de:Gando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Yalu (鴨綠) / Amnok (압록) River boundary is of little dispute, but the interpretation of the Tumen River boundary 土闀 (토문) causes problems.
However, the modern Tumen River is written as 圗們 (pinyin:túmen) in modern Chinese and as 豆滿 (두만) "Duman" in both modern Korean and Japanese.
Korean officials suggested on starting from the stele and tracing the river downwards, while Qing officials proposed starting at the mouth of the Tumen River and moving upstream.{{ref3}} From 1905 onwards, Korea came under the influence and control of Japan and was unable to effectively pursue these claims.
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 Korea Infogate - South Korea map, travel, Korean language, music, culture,news, and vast info.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Amnok (Yalu) River and the Tuman (Tumen) River border both China and Russia to the north and Japan is just across the East Sea.
Most of the larger rivers are located in the west and have their tributaries on the north and east sides, and flow into the Yellow Sea and the South Sea.
The Han River flows through Seoul, the capital of the Republic and serves as a lifeline for the large population in the central region, including Seoul's 11 million residents.
www.koreainfogate.com /aboutkorea/item.asp   (575 words)

  
 Yalu River - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The river's name is in Chinese characters, and is pronounced as Yalu Jiang in Mandarin and as Amnok-gang in Korean.
The river is almost 800 km long and receives the water from over 30,000 km2 of land.
Economy The river is important for hydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is the Sup'ung-nodongjagu, upstream from Shin?iju.
www.questionz.net /Korean_War/Yalu_River.html   (320 words)

  
 Provinces of Korea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Silla's northern boundary ran through the middle of southern Goguryeo, from the Taedong River (which flows through P'yŏngyang) in the west to Wŏnsan in modern-day Kangwŏn Province in the east.
Taejo expanded the country's territory by conquering part of the land formerly belonging to Goguryeo, in the northwest of the Korean peninsula, as far north as the Yalu (Amnok) River.
A wall was constructed from the Yalu (Amnok) River in the northwest to East Sea (Sea of Japan) in the southeast, on the boundary between Goryeo and the northeastern Jurched territory.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/provinces_of_korea.html   (1394 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Yalu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Yalu YALU [Yalu], Korean Amnok, river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts.
It was bordered on the SE by the Yalu River, which separated it from Korea, and by the Bay of Korea.
Manchuria is separated from Russia largely by the Amur, Argun, and Ussuri rivers, from North Korea by the Yalu and Tumen
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/14064.html   (716 words)

  
 DPRK Terrain
The Tumen region (the area between the Tumen River and the East Sea (Sea of Japan)) is in the northeast corner of North Korea.
The Yalu (Amnok) mountain region is between the Yalu River and the Yellow Sea.
The lowlands of the eastern and southern coastline are usually river deltas and as a rule are small, due to the mountains in the east abruptly dropping into the sea.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/dprk/terrain.htm   (1417 words)

  
 Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The border with China is marked by the Yalu River.
335;ngui in the North) and is 25 miles (40km) from the mouth of the Yalu River.
It is also connected with the Chinese city of Dandong (renamed from Andong/Antung) in Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China) by the Amnok River Bridge which is 944 m long (3,097 feet) from end to end, and through the Manchuria Railway links up with the Trans-Siberian railway.
www.stylokna.pl /wikipedia/index.php?title=Sinuiju   (460 words)

  
 Korea's Geography - General Description
Five major rivers and a relatively large number of minor streams drain the Korean Peninsula, most of which flow westward to the Yellow Sea and south to the Korea Strait after draining the gentler western and southern slopes of the peninsula.
Korea's mightiest river is the Yalu River (Amnok-gang).
The Naktong River (Naktong-gang) winds for 521 kilometers (318 miles) from the southern end of the T'aebaek mountains and empties into the East Sea at the southeastern corner of the peninsula.
www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Jta/Kr/KrGEO0.htm   (1083 words)

  
 Yalu - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
YALU [Yalu], Korean Amnok, river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in the Changbai Mts.
A river of contrasts; Cruise the Yalu River that separates China and North Korea, and one quickly sees the stark differences between the two.
The International Waters Of The Yalu River Which Seperates North Korea And China
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-yalu.html   (305 words)

  
 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Korea
Go-Joseon extended from the Korean peninsula to parts of Manchuria, the eastern littoral region of China, and the areas north of the Huang He(Yellow River).
It is separated from China by the Yalu/Amnok River in the north and the Yellow Sea in the west.
It is separated from Japan by the Sea of Japan/East Sea/East Sea of Korea to the east.
www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Korea   (3528 words)

  
 Yalu River - Famous Chinese Rivers - Travel to China
The river is almost 800 km long and receives the water from over 30,000 km?
The Korean side of the river was heavily industrialized during the Japanese Colonial Period (Korea)Japanese Colonial Period (1910-1945), and by 1945 almost 20% of Japan's total industrial output originated in Korea.
The river is important for Hydroelectricityhydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is in Sup'ung Rodongjagu, 100 m high and over 850 m long, located upstream from Sinuiju.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Yalu_River   (379 words)

  
 HollowWindow: August 2004
Cairo is fan-shaped, narrowest in the south, where the river valley is wedged between desert escarpments, and widest in the north, where the valley blends into the delta.
It was developed during the Japanese occupation (1910–45) at the Korean terminus of a railway bridge across the Yalu (Amnok) River, 7 miles (11 km) west of the old city of Uiju (Sinuiju meaning “New Uiju”).
An open port, 25 miles (40 km) from the mouth of the Yalu River, it grew commercially with the lumber industry, which uses the river to transport the logs from inland forests.
hollowwindow.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_hollowwindow_archive.html   (2607 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Hyesan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As of 2000, the population of the city is estimated to be 110,000.
The city is located in the Paektu Mountains at the border with the People's Republic of China (Jilin province), from which it is separated by the Yalu (Amnok) River.
It is located in the coldest area of Korea, and recorded a record low temperature of -42 ℃ in 1915.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Hyesan   (184 words)

  
 Korea - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
In one of the battles between Goguryeo and the Sui, the Koreans ambushed the Chinese at the Salsu river, leaving only 2700 Chinese alive out of 300,000 troops; the Sui fall from power in China was partly due to Goguryeo.
While most of the Manchurian portion of the Balhae territory was lost, the area south of the Amnok (Yalu)- Duman (Tumen) boundary was restored.
It is separated from Japan by the East Sea to the east.
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 Yalu River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The river isn't easily navigable for most of its length.
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
Therefore, on the great principle of "Nature not lying," I fully.
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 Sinuiju info here at en.88of100c.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The interurban is a Terminus on the Gyeongui railroad bar (known as the P'yŏngui in the North) & is 25 miles (40km) from the orifice of the Yalu River.
Developed as a extreme conclusion pending the Japanese occupation (1910–45) at the terminus of a railway bridge crossed the Yalu River.
It is and connected with the Chinese interurban of Dandong (renamed from Andong/Antung) in Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China) by the Yalu River Bridge which is 944 m protracted (3,097 feet) from butt end to end, & down the Manchuria Railway hyperlinks up with the Trans-Siberian railway.
en.88of100c.info /Sinuiju   (641 words)

  
 Yalu River - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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The river is important for hydroelectric power, and one of the largest hydroelectric dams in Asia is in Sup'ung Rodongjagu, 100 m high and over 850 m long, located upstream from Sinuiju.
You can find it there under the keyword Amnok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnok)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amnokandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Amnok   (370 words)

  
 Gando Did You Mean gando   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Some Koreans hence identified it with another Tumen River that is a tributary of the Songhua River.
It is uncertain which modern river the Korean claim corresponds to, as there is no modern tributary of the Songhua River with that name.
Korean officials suggested on starting from the stele and tracing the river downwards, while Qing officials proposed starting at the mouth of the Tumen River and moving upstream.
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Crucial environmental issues such as the use of rivers and watersheds, emissions of industrial and household pollutants, and management of farmlands and forests remain within the regulatory ambit of states.
Surrounded by China and the Korean Peninsula, the Yellow Sea is semi-closed, shallow and relatively stagnant.
While its pollution-tolerance is relatively low, it receives large amounts of suspended solids and other pollutants from coastal cities, the Yellow and Yanagtze Rivers, oil spills and other sources.
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 Yalu River - Gurupedia
The river's name is 鴨綠江 in Chinese characters, and is pronounced as Yalü Jiang in Mandarin, as Amnok-gang in Korean and as Oryoku-ko in
The Korean side of the river was heavily industrialized during the
Since the early 1990's, the river has frequently been crossed by undocumented migrants from
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 KBS WORLD Radio
The national army, which was pushed down to the Naktong River, began to march northward again with the aid of the U.N. forces.
As the national army and the UN forces drove the enemy to the Amnok (Yalu) River, it seemed that hopes for unification would be realized.
However, the Chinese Communist Army joined forces with North Korea and launched a massive counter attack on the south, the country entered a new phase in what was to be a long, protracted war.
rki.kbs.co.kr /russian/korea/korea_history_con91.htm   (1349 words)

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