Author(s): Hyoseop Woo

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Abstract: This article describes a historical flood that occurred on the Imjin River in South Korea during the July 26 to 28 of 1996. The Imjin River flows, from north to south, across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), which was set up at the end of Korean War in 1953 and since then has divided the Korean Peninsula into North Korea and South Korea. Intensities of precipitation at some places in the river basin during the flood far exceeded 200-year return period and flood stages at some reaches of the river exceeded the 100-year design flood stages. Mainly because of the tremendous magnitude of the storms but partly because of its geopolitical location, transected by the DMZ and development-restricted for the military purposes, the Imjin River basin suffered heavy losses from the flood in spite that population and industry in the basin area are relatively sparse compared to the other part of Korea.

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Year: 1997