What is the geographical environment of North Korea?

North Korea is located in the eastern part of Asia and the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. It borders China in the north, Russia in the northeast and South Korea by the military demarcation line of the 38th parallel. The Korean peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with the Sea of Japan (including East Korea Bay) in the east and the Yellow Sea (including West Korea Bay) in the southwest. Mountains account for about 80% of the country. The total length of the peninsula coastline is about 17300 km (including the island coastline).

It belongs to the temperate East Asian monsoon climate. It is warm and rainy in summer and cold and dry in winter. The annual average temperature is 8 ~12 c, and the annual average precipitation is 1000 ~ 1200mm. The rainfall from June to September accounts for 70% of the whole year. The annual average precipitation is about 1500mm, which gradually decreases from south to north. The average temperature in winter is below zero. It is the hottest in summer and August, with the temperature of 25 degrees Celsius. It is vulnerable to typhoons in March, April and early summer. There was an ice age.

Geologically, Pyongyang belongs to granite and limestone terrane formed in Mesozoic and Jurassic, and is called "Datong system" by North Korea. Pyongyang is relatively flat, with plains and hills as the main terrain, with an average elevation of 27 meters. The main plain is Pyongyang Plain, covering an area of 950 square kilometers; Shun 'an Plain Area 190 km2. China's mountain peaks (actually hills) mainly include Peony Peak, which is 95 meters high. Huofeng Mountain, elevation196m; General Shuai Feng of Dacheng Mountain is 270 meters high; Longyue Mountain, 292 meters high. Pyongyang is located in the lower reaches of the Datong River, and there are many rivers in the territory, mainly including the Datong River, the Ordinary River, the Nanjiang River, the Hezhang River and the Shangyuanjiang River. These islands are Doulao Island and Yangjiao Island.

North Korea is divided into three municipalities (special cities) and nine provinces, namely Pyongyang, Kaesong, Luoxian and South Ping 'an, North Ping 'an, Cijiang, Liangjiang, South Hamgyong, North Hamgyong, gangwon, South Yellow Sea and North Yellow Sea. 199 1 At the end of the year, North Korea established the first special economic zone-Luo Jin Pioneer Free Economic and Trade Zone (later renamed Luoxian Economic and Trade Zone).