HomeEcology White Paper of DMZExploration of Imjin RiverEcological environment of Imjin River
 
 
1) Geographical environment
   2) General Information
 
1) Geographical environment
 

Rising from Hamkyoungnam-do Masikryoung, the Imjin river passes through northern Gangwon-do, joins the tributaries to the Gomitancheon, Pyoungancheon, etc.,arrives Yoncheon-gun Gunnam-meon Namgye-ri Dogampo, rises from Gangwon-do Pyounggan-gun, passes through Ganwon-do Cheolwon-gun and Gyeonggi-do Pocheon-gun and Yoncheon-gun, joins then tributaries to Youngpyoungcheon, Chatancheon, etc., and merges to Hantan river which runs down.
And then, turning the way to Southern west to Paju-si Jeoksong-meon, it joins to the tributaries to Moonsancheon, etc., joins to the Han river near Tongil Tower in Pajusu-si Tanhyeon-meon Seongdong-ri and enters to the yellow sea

 
length About 254km long, basin area 8,117.5km, it’s the one of the seven biggest rivers and about 162km long, basin area 5,108km of them belongs to North Korea.
Head Hamgyeongnam-do Masikryoung Duryu Mountain


path Northern Gangwon-do>Gomatancheon in Icheon>Pyoungancheon in Pyounggang>Yeokgokcheon in Cheolwon>Namdaecheon in Gumwha>Yangdaecheon in Pocheon>joins to the Hantan river in Jeongok>Gorangpo>Moonsan plain>joins to the Moonsancheon>joins to the Han river>yellow sea
Meaning Imjin river basin has been the battle field for a number of battles since the ancient times, and it has the pain of the partition of the nation here and there.
In addition, it cannot be set aside among Korean history due to stone age heritages, etc., in it.
Imjin river basin has lots of unexplored regions as well as old and sad history..