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Environment and Geography

In: Historical Statistics of Korea

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  • Myung Soo Cha

    (Yeungnam University)

  • Junseok Hwang

    (Daegu Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

  • Heejin Park

    (Kyungpook National University)

Abstract

This chapter presents the climatic and geographical information for the Korean peninsula, which comprises today’s North and South Korea and lies in the temperate zone—between 33° and 43°N and between 124° and 132°E to be precise. The climatic data include precipitation, temperature, humidity, and wind speed from 1904–2015. Meteorological data are presented for five major cities on a monthly basis together with annual sums or averages and national totals. Noteworthy are the rainfall data for the capital city, Seoul, collected by the pre-colonial bureaucracy from 1777 to 1907 using ch’ŭgugi, an oil drum-shaped iron gauge. According to the temperature time series, Korea’s average temperature rose by roughly 2 ℃ over the past century.

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  • Myung Soo Cha & Junseok Hwang & Heejin Park, 2022. "Environment and Geography," Studies in Economic History, in: Myung Soo Cha & Nak Nyeon Kim & Ki-Joo Park & Yitaek Park (ed.), Historical Statistics of Korea, chapter 0, pages 1-36, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:stechp:978-981-15-3874-2_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3874-2_1
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