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Environment And History And Geography Of South Korea

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Report: Environment & History
1 Environment [Subtopic]
1.1 Geography [Section]
Geography is the science of studying the Earth’s landscapes, inhabitants, places and environments. The word is derived from the Greek word ‘geographia’ meaning “earth description”.
1.1.1 Geographical data [Category]
1.1.1.1 Geographic Location & Neighboring States
South Korea is located in East Asia and lies on the lower half of the Korean Peninsula. West of South Korea lies China, separated by the Yellow Sea, and in the east Japan, separated by the Sea of Japan. The East China Sea and the Korea Strait form a natural boundary in the south. North of South Korea is situated the only directly bordering sovereign state; North Korea. North Korea …show more content…

The size and borders of this former Korea with respect to the current cumulative size and borders of the two individual states has remained roughly unchanged. Including islands the Korean Peninsula has a total area of 220.847 km2 of which approximately 3% water. After the division, North Korea claimed 120.538 km2 (~55%) and the South 99.720 km2 (~45%) respectively. Between North and South Korea lies a demilitarized buffer zone which is strongly guarded from both sides. This demilitarized strip of land is about 4 kilometers wide and 238 kilometers in length and runs all the way from the east to the west …show more content…

Annually, the average person eats 48.1 kg of sea food in South Korea. Their aquaculture productivity has seen a near exponential growth from the 1960’s (100,000 tonnes) to 2010 (1,400,000 tonnes).
A total of 25.47 cubic kilometers per year of freshwater is withdrawn for domestic (26%), industrial (12%) and agricultural (62%) use. On average a person uses a total of 548.7 cubic meters of water per year.
The mountains contain many resources such as coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum and lead. But also in lesser quantities anthracite, iron, gold, silver and zinc is found. Yet the only way for South Korea to meet their industries demands is by importing the petroleum and metallic minerals.
More than half (65%) of the power that is generated comes from fossil-fueled thermal power plants. With the many rivers flowing from the mountains South Korea has a lot of potential for hydropower. This hydropower is generated in the many dams, yet only good for 1.6% of the total power production. Furthermore, over the last decades South Korea has focused a lot on Nuclear power which is good for about 31% of the total power

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