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'''The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam''' is a wetland in Korea. Like the meaning of its name 'big rocky mountain', Mt. Daeam (1340m high above sea level) is formed of giant rocks |
'''The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam''' is a [[wetland]] in [[Korea]]. Like the meaning of its name 'big rocky mountain', the summit of [[Mt. Daeam]] (1340m high above sea level) is formed of giant rocks. Near the peak of the mountain (1280m above sea level), there is a natural wetland called Yongneup. Its coastal length is 210m and its width is 275m. It is the first Korean wetland to be registered on the list of [[The Ramsar Convention of Wetlands]] in 1997. |
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== Characteristics == |
== Characteristics == |
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The name Yongneup signifies that it is a place where [[dragons]] rest when they fly up to the [[sky]] (Yong means dragon in Korean and neup means wetland). It is the highest [[moor]] with [[peat]] deposits in South Korea. It is foggy for more than 170 days a year and has a high level of [[precipitation]]. The average annual [[temperature]] is 12.2 degree Celsius and it has sub-zero temperature for more than 5 months per year. Due to its [[climate]], Yongneup has peat deposits composed of undecomposed plants and this shows how plants have transformed for a few thousand years. On average, peat deposits accumulate at a rate of 0.5-1mm per year; Yongneup's deepest peat deposits is 1.5m deep. |
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== Organisms == |
== Organisms == |
Revision as of 18:17, 21 November 2009
The High Moor, Yongneup of Mt. Daeam is a wetland in Korea. Like the meaning of its name 'big rocky mountain', the summit of Mt. Daeam (1340m high above sea level) is formed of giant rocks. Near the peak of the mountain (1280m above sea level), there is a natural wetland called Yongneup. Its coastal length is 210m and its width is 275m. It is the first Korean wetland to be registered on the list of The Ramsar Convention of Wetlands in 1997.
Characteristics
The name Yongneup signifies that it is a place where dragons rest when they fly up to the sky (Yong means dragon in Korean and neup means wetland). It is the highest moor with peat deposits in South Korea. It is foggy for more than 170 days a year and has a high level of precipitation. The average annual temperature is 12.2 degree Celsius and it has sub-zero temperature for more than 5 months per year. Due to its climate, Yongneup has peat deposits composed of undecomposed plants and this shows how plants have transformed for a few thousand years. On average, peat deposits accumulate at a rate of 0.5-1mm per year; Yongneup's deepest peat deposits is 1.5m deep.
Organisms
Animals
- Korean Fire-bellied Toad (Rana temporaria ornativentris)
- Goral (Nemorhaedus goral raddeanus)
- Small-eared Cat (Felis bengalensis manchurica)
- Marten (Martes flavigula koreana)
- Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans)
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa creanus)
- Korean Hare (Lepus sinensis coreanus)
- Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
- Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
Plants
- Marsh-Trefoil (Menyanthes trifoliata)
- Chickweed Wintergreen (Trientalis europaea)
- Prairie Sphagnum (Sphagnum palustre)
- Common Rush (Juncus effusus)
- Flatleaf Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia)
References
Ramsar Sites Information Service [1]
'Finding Wetland' by Ministry of Environment Republic of Korea