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Korea is  a  oenlnsala  projecting from  the northeastern coast
of  the Asiatic  continent  and  is  rl/aost  li>-e  in  da are  to  the Italian
yenlnsrla*     Tiro  east  Is aaehed by the  Jaaan Sea,   and the //set !r^
the "VellT:  Sea*     It   Zs  eat  off frori the Pacific Ocean by fie lon^
arc  of Japanese Islands*     3ehle   aeoyraaheeal  fact lias hao  a a est
siyalfioaat intluvnco on xiorea's  relation     xte the aeeterii • orld*
Practically no .valor Pacdfeo liner has     ever  entered an:r -or ear
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The   leninsnia  joins haneerorla La, the darltree Province  of
Siberia on the north,   aadrry  afelaea b     taa ^oa^aanv   {'^^^^m^^^am)
ana riiaan^aane  (ita-esr)   rivers,,ana Bajfl:   ea Sa   (aver-.-hlto)   aonntaln
{M_^bqsp^ *     aeiese rivers rree In o~^  oslte  c Irect:! ores,
the ^alei voe7ard  tha "*"'ellovr  Ser :*n th-   eaat  and the Tilaan toarrd the
Japan Sea in the   east.     On the   routh,   Korea faces   "he  J&nanese
I si end of K/mshei aorose   :,":-a~vin Hal  r_?a:?/'   ^r   ^he  . Tor seen  Strairbc.     It   ■
is  an  ovcrrrgirc  *cr?ro  iron altera  ro  barmonosejcx*     eae  area  ea'  tme
lenlnsnla  Is  abort  ea^elB  scalar e miles*     ilie   longest  distance   faoei
north to  south Is   _60 miles  aia-  the broadest  dlFrance fro--   east
to  rest is     170 relies.     There  are also  thou sends  of oeneely nonu-
latad Isles  that cluster thlcklv along Its uestorn and eastern
seoeas.   /flviire additional  area of c0,0'>?   scyrare rales t
ehe land formation is deoldedl^   aoantainoas.     Over  tlirec-fourths
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