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This is a list of places on land below mean sea level. Places artificially created such as tunnels, mines, basements, and dug holes, or places under water, or existing temporarily as a result of ebbing of sea tide etc., are not included. Places where seawater and rainwater is pumped away are included.
Throughout South Korea, water management is a challenge. [91] Suwon is 11% self-sufficient in its use of water, and plans to increase this to 50% through rainwater harvesting , including building retention facilities; and by treating and reusing sewage.
There have been fears, such as the 1986 Water Panic in South Korea, that North Korea could attack Seoul by releasing waters from upstream dams, creating floods downstream. [29] In July 2000, the US military admitted to dumping 20 gallons (75.7 liters) of diluted formaldehyde in the sewer system connected to the river. As the river serves as a ...
This is a list cities of South Korea by population including provincial-level divisions: special city (특별시/特別市) and metropolitan cities (광역시/廣域市), and municipal-level division: cities (시/市). Other municipal-level divisions: counties (군/郡 which have populations under 50K) and districts (구/區) are not included.
Incheon administers several of Korea's western islands, including Ganghwa Island, Yeongjong Island, and Baengnyeongdo, with Baengnyeongdo being South Korea's westernmost point. Key points of interest in Incheon include: Bupyeong Station: A major transport hub where Seoul Subway Line 1 and Incheon Subway Line intersect. Bupyeong is known for its ...
A town or eup is an administrative unit in South Korea; along with township (rural), a town (urban) is one of the divisions of a county, and of some cities with a population of less than 500,000. The main town or towns in a county—or the secondary town or towns within a city's territory—are designated as towns. Towns are subdivided into ...
Daejeon (Korean: 대전; Korean: ⓘ) is South Korea's fifth-largest metropolis, with a population of 1.5 million as of 2019. [2] Located in a central lowland valley between the Sobaek Mountains and the Geum River, the city is known both as a technology and research center, and for its close relationship with the natural environment.
Daegu (Korean: 대구; ), formerly spelled Taegu [a] and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (대구광역시), is a city in southeastern South Korea.. Daegu is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the fourth-largest metropolitan city in the nation with over 2.3 million residents; [5] and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in ...