Yalu River
The Yalu River (Chinese: 鸭绿江; pinyin: Yālù Jiāng) or Amnok River (Korean: 압록강; MR: Amnokkang) is a river on the border between China and North Korea. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between China and North Korea. Its valley became the scene of several military conflicts in the past centuries.
| Yalu Amnok | |
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Location of the Yalu River | |
| Etymology | Manchu, "the boundary between two countries" |
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| Location | |
| Countries | China (PRC) and North Korea (DPRK) |
| Provinces | Jilin (PRC), Liaoning (PRC), Ryanggang (DPRK), Chagang (DPRK), North Pyongan (DPRK), Sinuiju SAR (DPRK) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | South of Heaven Lake, PRC-DPRK border, Paektu Mountain |
| • coordinates | 41°58′8″N 128°4′24″E |
| Mouth | Korea Bay |
• coordinates | 39°52′N 124°19′E |
| Length | 790 km (490 mi) |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鴨綠江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 鸭绿江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 압록강 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hancha | 鴨綠江 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manchu name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Manchu script | ᠶᠠᠯᡠ ᡠᠯᠠ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Romanization | Yalu ula | ||||||||||||||||||||
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