Abstract
The Korean peninsula extends southward from eastern Siberia and Manchuria (northeastern China) to within 112.7 km (70 miles) of Japan at its southern tip. To the north, it is separated from Russia by the Tuman River, and from Manchuria by the Amnok (Yalu) River. The East Sea (Sea of Japan) and the Korean Straits separate Korea from Japan to the east, while on the west the West Sea (Yellow Sea) lies between Korea and China (Fig. 1.1). The peninsula has more than 9656 km (ca. 6000 miles) of coastline, dotted with 3418 islands. Approximately 966 km (ca. 600 miles) long, and 209 km (ca. 130 miles) to 322 km (ca. 200 miles) wide, it has an area of 222 740 km2 (ca. 86 000 square miles), and lies between the parallels of 33° 06’ and 43° 01’ North and 124° 11’ and 130° 53’ East.
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Kong, WS., Watts, D. (1993). The environment. In: The Plant Geography of Korea. Geobotany, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1624-4_1
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