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.

Yeongnamnu in Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province. A pavilion from the Joseon.

Changnyeong Temple at the base of Mount Hwawang

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.

Map of Andong's eup, myeon and dong. Note that the map is in Hangeul and Hanja.

Andong Gu Market, food market in downtown Andong

{{ill|Woryeonggyo|ko|월영교}}, Bridge in Sang-a dong, Andong

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.

UN soldiers from the 27th US Infantry await North Korean attacks across the Naktong River from positions on the Pusan Perimeter, September 1950.

A map showing successive North Korean advance. The Pusan Perimeter is the border of the green portion of the peninsula.

An M4 Sherman tank being loaded onto a barge at the port of Oakland, California, prior to shipment to Pusan, 1950.

US aircraft attack a North Korean train with rockets and napalm, 1950.

The main Seoul-Pusan railway and road was integral in bringing supplies to the front

Map of the Pusan Perimeter, August 1950.

Saddle Ridge near Taegu, one of the positions along Pusan Perimeter defended by the UN.

Troops of the 24th Infantry move to the Masan battleground

US Marines sit on a newly captured position overlooking the Naktong River, August 19

US Navy Corpsman treats US Marine casualty from the front line of the battle, August 17.

US artillery near Waegwan fires at North Korean troops attempting to cross the Naktong River

US Air Force post-strike picture of a 3.5 by area near Waegwan, in which 99 bombers dropped 3500, 500lb bombs

Map of the Naktong Defensive line, September 1950.

The Pusan Perimeter on September 15. The blue arrow indicated the Battle of Inchon, which had ended the attack on the perimeter

Bodies of Hill 303 massacre victims gathered near Waegwan, South Korea, many with their hands still bound.

North Korean T-34 tanks destroyed by US Air Force bombs near Waegwan

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

Map showing the approximate location of selected Gaya polities relative to Silla and Baekje

An exhibition of royal tomb of Daegaya. Goryeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

Horn-shaped cup from Gaya that may illustrate connection of Persian culture through the Silk Road to Korea.

Gaya pottery at the National Museum of Korea.

Earthenwares display in Museum of Daegaya.

Shield ornaments excavated from the Daeseong-dong cemetery site in Gimhae.

This iron helmet illustrates the skill of iron-working and importance of iron from the Nakdong River valley.

A Gaya soldier (After AD 412, armor style influenced by Goguryeo.)

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.

A panoramic view of Pusan National University.

Busan Port Pier 1 with the International Ferry Terminal (3 docked ferries shown)

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.

Earthenware Funerary Objects in the Shape of a Shilla Warrior on Horseback

The Temple of the Golden Dragon, also known as Hwangryongsa, would later be destroyed during the Mongol Invasions.

(left to right) A Baekje, Goguryeo, and Shilla envoy depicted in a 6th-century painting.

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.