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Korea, South Geography 1996

Location:

Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, south of North Korea

Map references:

Asia

Area:

total area:

98,480 sq km

land area:

98,190 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than Indiana

Land boundaries:

total 238 km, North Korea 238 km

Coastline:

2,413 km

Maritime claims:

continental shelf:

not specified

territorial sea:

12 nm; 3 nm in the Korea Strait

International disputes:

Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks claimed by Japan

Climate:

temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter

Terrain:

mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south

Natural resources:

coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower

Land use:

arable land:

21%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

67%

other:

10%

Irrigated land:

13,530 sq km (1989)

Environment:

current issues:

air pollution in large cities; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; driftnet fishing

natural hazards:

occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; earthquakes in southwest

international agreements:

party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea

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