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Taejongdae ( Korean : 태종대) is a natural park on the southernmost point of Yeongdo District, Busan, South Korea. [1] It is a popular tourist attraction in Busan, with dense evergreen trees and facilities for tourists such as an observatory, an amusement park, a light house, and a cruise ship terminal. It is said that its name to have taken ...
A cliffed coast is made of a loose bedrock material, such as at the Red Cliff on the German island of Sylt, but can also occur in hard rock like the red sandstone cliffs on Heligoland. There are, however, differences between the former and the latter regarding some peculiarities of the coast line.
Scenic Sites ( Korean : 명승; Hanja : 名勝) is a national-level designation within the heritage preservation system of South Korea for natural places of significant historic, artistic, or scenic value. The system is administered by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), an agency of the South Korean government. [1]
Getbol ( Korean : 갯벌) are mudflats, or tidal flats, coastal sedimentary systems. They are important habitats for different types of organisms, including migrating birds and marine fauna such as clams, crabs, octopuses, and snails. In 2021, four getbol sites in South Korea were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to their outstanding ...
A steep coast [1] is a stretch of coastline where the mainland descends abruptly into the sea. There is a sharp transition from the land to sea as opposed to that on a flat coast where the land descends gradually seawards. The height of the land on a steep coast is well above sea level . Most steep coast are rocky cliffed coasts (also called ...
Joseon monarchs. Taejong ( Korean : 태종; Hanja : 太宗; 16 May 1367 – 10 May 1422), [ i][ ii] personal name Yi Bang-won ( 이방원; 李芳遠 ), was the third monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea and the father of Sejong the Great. [ 1] He was the fifth son of King Taejo, the founder of the dynasty.
Coastal erosion. Heavy marine erosion: cliff fall at Hunstanton in the east of England. Sea erosion at Valiyathura Kerala, India. Tunnel-like structures formed by erosion in Jinshitan Coastal National Geopark, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks ...
Hwanghae or Sŏhae. The Yellow Sea, also known as North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. Since November 1, 2018, the Yellow Sea has served as the location of "peace zones" between North and South Korea.