Korean Peninsula

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Korean Peninsula - an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-GookDae-Han-Min-Gook, Han-Gook, KoreaChino-Japanese War, Sino-Japanese War - a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port ArthurKorean War - a war between North and South Korea; South Korea was aided by the United States and other members of the United Nations; 1950-1953D.P.R.K., Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK, North Korea - a communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948Republic of Korea, South Korea - a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

Korean Peninsula

a peninsula in East Asia between the Sea of Japan to the east, the Western Channel and the Korean and Cheju straits to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west.

The Korean Peninsula is joined with the mainland by the Korean Isthmus. It is approximately 600 km long, with a width of 200 km in most places; its area is approximately 150,000 sq km. The peninsula is part of Korea (the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea and South Korea). The eastern seacoast is mildly indented, and in the west and south there are many gulfs and bays. Relief is primarily mountainous; in the east and south are the East Korea Mountains (elevations to 1,915 m); in the center, low mountains; and in the west, coastal lowlands. The climate is temperate monsoonal, subtropical in the south. Precipitation measures 900-1,500 mm per year. Deciduous broad-leaved forests give way in the south to subtropical evergreen forests, and above 900 m to mixed forests with Korean cedar.

Korean Peninsula

Related to Korean Peninsula: Malay Peninsula

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Synonyms for Korean Peninsula

noun an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan

Synonyms

Dae-Han-Min-Gook
Han-Gook
Korea

Related Words

Chino-Japanese War
Sino-Japanese War
Korean War
D.P.R.K.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DPRK
North Korea
Republic of Korea
South Korea
Asia