River · Daegu / North Gyeongsang
Wicheon
위천
Wicheon: a tributary of the Nakdong River, with a section made a national river in 2025, flowing from Gunwi to Sangju.
Place details
- Region
- Daegu · North Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- River
- Locality in the source
- 경북 상주 · 대구 군위
- River register code
- 2011350 · 2021350
- River designation
- Includes a nationally designated section.
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About Wicheon
A section of Wicheon became a national river on 1 January 2025; Wicheon is a tributary of the Nakdong River. In the 2024 Korea River Register, compiled before the change, it is a local river of 108.92 km from above Gunwi Dam in Gunwi, Daegu, to its confluence with the Nakdong River in Sangju, North Gyeongsang.
The register gives the whole watercourse a channel length of 114.15 km and a drainage basin of 776.07 km².
Written from the Korea River Register 2024 edition and 2025 designation notice.
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