Geum River
The Geum River is a major river of South Korea that originates in Jangsu-eup, North Jeolla Province. It flows northward through North Jeolla and North Chungcheong Provinces and then changes direction in the vicinity of Greater Daejeon and flows southwest through South Chungcheong Province before emptying into the Yellow Sea near Gunsan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Korea
- Also known as: “Chanpo Kan”, “Geumgang River”, “Kin-kō”, “Kiuko”, “Kum River”, “Kŭm Song”, and “Kŭm-gang”
- Historically known as: “Keum Gang”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gunsan and Seocheon-eup.
Gunsan
Photo: koreanet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gunsan, also romanized as Kunsan, is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea.
Seocheon-eup
Town
Photo: G43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seocheon-eup is a town, which is situated 9 km north of Geum River.
Geum River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Geum River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Geum River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Geum”
- Belarusian: “Кымган”
- Bulgarian: “Къймган”
- Cebuano: “Yontan Kan”
- Chinese: “錦江”
- Chinese: “锦江”
- Czech: “Geumgang”
- Czech: “Kumgang”
- Czech: “Kŭmgang”
- Czech: “Kymgan”
- Dutch: “Geum-gang”
- Dutch: “Geum”
- Dutch: “Geumgang”
- Dutch: “Keum Kang”
- Dutch: “Keum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر چيوم”
- French: “Geum”
- French: “Geumgang”
- French: “Kum”
- German: “Geum-gang”
- German: “Geum”
- German: “Geumgang”
- Japanese: “熊津江”
- Japanese: “白馬江”
- Japanese: “錦江”
- Korean: “금강”
- Korean: “호강”
- Lithuanian: “Kemgangas”
- Lithuanian: “Kymganas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Geum”
- Norwegian: “Geum”
- Persian: “رود گیوم”
- Russian: “Кымган”
- Slovenian: “Geum”
- Spanish: “Rio Geum”
- Spanish: “Río Geum”
- Turkish: “Geum Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Річка Геум”
- Venetian: “Fiume Geum”
- Vietnamese: “Geum”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Geum”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Geumgang”
- Welsh: “Afon Geum”
- Wu Chinese: “锦江 (韩国)”
- Wu Chinese: “锦江（韩国）”
- “Geumgang”
- “Kŭmgang”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jeonmangsan-deungdae and Zenbonsan.
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