Nakdong River
Longest river in South Korea, and passes through major cities such as Daegu and Busan.
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Taebaek Mountains
The Taebaek Mountains are a mountain range that stretches across North Korea and South Korea.
The most important rivers of South Korea, the Han River and the Nakdong River, both originate in the Taebaek Mountains.
South Gyeongsang Province
Province in the southeast of South Korea.
Most of the province is drained by the Nakdong River and its tributaries.
Andong
City in South Korea, and the capital of North Gyeongsang Province.
The Nakdong River flows through the city.
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
Large-scale battle between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces lasting from August 4 to September 18, 1950.
The UN troops, consisting mostly of forces from the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), United States, and United Kingdom, mounted a last stand around the perimeter, fighting off repeated KPA attacks for six weeks as they were engaged around the cities of Taegu, Masan, and Pohang and the Naktong River.
Gaya confederacy
Gaya was a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern Korea, growing out of the Byeonhan confederacy of the Samhan period.
Busan
South Korea's second-most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants.
The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong and the Suyeong Rivers, with mountains separating most of the districts.
Gyeongsang Province
One of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon dynasty.
The region is ringed by the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains and is drained by the Nakdong River.
Silla
Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.
In 209, when the eight small nations(浦上八國) in the Nakdong River basin attacked the Silla-friendly Alla-guk, the prince of Alla-guk asked Silla for a rescue army, and the king ordered Crown Prince Seok Uro to gather his troops and attack the eight kingdoms.
Daegu
City in South Korea.
Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about 80 km from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do.
Korea
Peninsular region in East Asia.
Two exceptions are the southward-flowing Nakdong River and Seomjin River.