Geography of South Korea Seoul sought to raise in talks with Pyongyang. Though Seoul completed a "Peace Dam" on the Pukhan River to counteract the potential threat of Pyongyang's dam project before the 1988 Olympics, the North Korean project apparently still was in its initial stages of construction in 1990. Maritime claims: "territorial sea:" "contiguous zone:" "exclusive economic zone:" "continental shelf:" not specified Elevation extremes: "lowest point:" Sea level 0 m "highest point:" Hallasan 1,950 m Part of the East Asian Monsoon region, South Korea has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. The movement of air masses from the Asian continent exerts greater
Aluchin (volcano) soil on the lava flows and the growth of trees on them. This makes Aluchin one of the few continental Asian volcanoes with activity during the Holocene. The formation of the Alpha cone was characterized by an alternation of explosive and effusive activity. The Anyuy volcano lies farther north. Aluchin (volcano) Aluchin is a volcano along the Aluchin River in the Chukotka of Russia. The volcano was discovered in 1956–1957 by G.K. Kleshchev. The volcano is formed by three cones, named Alpha, Beta and Gamma, which occur along a fissure. Alpha, the main cone, formed within a river valley. It