Gimhae Plain

Japanese: 金海平野 - きんかいへいや

…It is a city located in the southwest of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, adjacent to Busan. The Nakdong River flows through the city's northern and eastern boundaries, developing the Jinyong Plain in the north and the Gimhae Plain, South Korea's only delta plain, in the east, making it the largest grain-producing region in the Yeongnam region. The Namhae Expressway runs through the center of the city, connecting the Changwon-Masan industrial area in the west and the Busan industrial area in the east in less than an hour by car. …

From Gyeongsang Province

…Except for a small area east of the Taebaek Mountain Range, most of the island of Hokkaido is in the Nakdong River basin, which originates at Mt. Taebaek in the north and flows gently south. The Nakdong River develops large and small basin plains such as Andong, Gimcheon, Daegu, and Jinju along its many tributaries, and at its mouth forms the Gimhae Plain, an alluvial plain. On the east coast facing the Sea of Japan, the mountains come close to the coast, and except for Pohang and Ulsan, only a narrow coastal plain can be seen. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Gimhae Plain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…韓国，慶尚南道の南西部に位置し，釜山市に隣接する都市。市の北界および東界を流れる洛東江が北部に進永平野，東部には韓国唯一の三角州平野である金海平野を発達させており，嶺南地方最大の穀倉地帯にある。市の中央を南海高速道路が走り，西の昌原･馬山工業地帯，東の釜山工業地帯を自動車で一時間たらずで結ぶ。…

【慶尚道】より

…太白山脈の東側の狭い地域を除く本道のほとんどが北端の太白山に発し，ゆるやかに南流する洛東江の流域となっている。洛東江は多数の支流に沿って，安東，金泉，大邱，晋州など大小の盆地平野を発達させ，河口部には沖積平野の金海平野を形成している。日本海に面する東海岸は山脈が海岸近くまで迫り，浦項，蔚山（うるさん）を除くと狭い海岸平野しかみられない。…

※「金海平野」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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