River · North Jeolla / South Jeolla / South Gyeongsang
Seomjin River
섬진강
Seomjin River: a national river, with a 173.3 km national section in the Korea River Register.
Place details
- Region
- North Jeolla · South Jeolla · South Gyeongsang
- Type of place
- River
- Locality in the source
- 경남 하동 · 전북 임실 · 전북 진안
- River register code
- 4000010 · 4020010
- River designation
- Includes a nationally designated section.
Getting there
Start at Gangjin Bus Terminal, Imsil (Jeonbuk)
Entrance or stop 임실 물우경로당
- Start at the Gangjin terminal in Imsil (임실군 강진공용버스터미널), not the town of Gangjin in Jeonnam. Board a rural bus toward Sunchang (순창).
- Get off at Muru (물우). Walk toward Muru village for roughly 10 minutes to the public trail start beside the village senior center (물우경로당).
About Seomjin River
The Seomjin River is a national river in the Korea River Register. Its national section runs 173.3 km from the Jijangcheon confluence at Woncheon-ri in Imsil, North Jeolla, to a line west from the Galdo triangulation point in Hadong, South Gyeongsang.
The register gives the whole watercourse a channel length of 222.14 km and a drainage basin of 4,913.22 km².
Written from the Korea River Register 2024 edition.
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