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fiogf49gjkf0d THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SOUTH KOREA IS
SITUATED IN EASTERN ASIA, COVERING 98,966SQ.KM. IT IS
BORDERED BY NORTH KOREA TO THE NORTH, THE SEA OF JAPAN TO
THE EAST, THE WEST BY THE YELLOW SEA AND BY THE KOREAN
STRAIT TO THE SOUTH.
MOST OF KOREA IS MADE UP OF MOUNTAINS AND HILLS; THE
T'AEBAEK-SANMAEK PARALLEL TO THE EASTERN COAST AND
STRETCHING APPROXIMATELY 256KM INTO THE LOWER CHAINS.
HALLA-SAN IS AN EXTINCT VOLCANO 1950M ABOVE SEA LEVEL,
CONTAINING A CRATER LAKE, ON CHEJU ISLAND. THIS IS THE
HIGHEST POINT IN THE COUNTRY.
THE LOWLANDS ARE POPULATED BY RICE FIELDS, OCCUPYING 15% OF
THE TOTAL LAND AREA. THE HAN-GONG RIVER BASIN IS
APPROXIMATELY 25,600SQ KM. TWO OF THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS ARE
THE NAKTONG AND THE HAN RIVERS.
EASTERN COASTAL AREAS TEND TO BE HILLY AND MUCH INDENTED BY
BAYS, WHILE THE WESTERN REGION COMPRISE OF A SYSTEM OF
CHANNELS AND ISLANDS.
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