Yongam Temple, South Korea

Yongam Temple, South Korea - Yongam - sa is actually a temple located in Seoul. The average elevation is 49 meter above the sea level. In this area, the population is a little bit crowded because it has 19.519 people per km2. The nearest city has a higher population within 50.000 people who needs time around 0:11 by local transportation. About the child mortality, it reached 5 per 1.000 births.

The natural hazard that commonly happens is flood. While it is 80% cyclone and earthquake is only 40%. The earthquakes could be strong and the average is 1 in every 50 years. The scale could reach 5 – 6 Richter. That is why it is not surprising if there is a strong earthquake, everybody could feel it. People will be frightened and run outdoors. Everything is broken such as glassware, dishes, windows, books and many more. About the damage, it could be slight. The extremely high is about the flooding risk.

If you want to see the sunshine, you can go on September. For rainfall or other weathers, there is actually no distinct month. Going around Yoengyang County will make you have to go to the north – eastern area, exactly in Gyeongsang province. For the tourists, it could be an isolated area so that it is a little bit difficult to be accessed. It is known well as “Inland Island.” The population there is the lowest one because there is only 10 percent of cultivable land. It is popular because there are a lot of apples and also chili peppers so that it seems being the home for Yeongyang Chili Pepper Station. That is why, the county chose it as the “Miss Chili Pepper” from Yeongyang chili pepper.

Not only that, but here also you can get a lot of learning. As the center of literature, it is the place for poetry recite, scholar reading tradition and many more. Around the location, you can visit Matthews Vegetation zone which is evergreens and even cold – deciduous forest and also Hold ridge as the bioclimatic zone where you can feel the cool temperature. It is a wet forest but there is no malaria. About the land area, there is less of natural vegetation because it is totally cultivated. For the landscape, most of it covered with open evergreen forest. That is why the climate around here is a humid continental which means that it is severe dry winter and hot summer within cool temperate for wet forest.

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