Q. What serves as the natural border between North Korea and China?
A. The Alps
B. The Yalu River
C. The Daewoo Desert
D. The Pei Wei Forest
A. The Alps
B. The Yalu River
C. The Daewoo Desert
D. The Pei Wei Forest
Answer: The Yalu River (Anmok)
North Korea shares a border with three countries; China along the Amnok River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The Yellow Sea and the Korea Bay are off the west coast and the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) is off the east coast.
China–North Korea Border
› The border is 1,420 kilometers (880 mi) long. From west to east, the Yalu River, Paektu Mountain, and the Tumen River divide the two countries.
› To the north and northwest, North Korea is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok (known as the Yalu in China) and Tumen rivers; North Korea is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two.
› The longest river in North Korea is the Yalu, in Korean called the Amnok. It rises on the southern slope of Mount Paektu and flows southwestward for some 500 miles (800 km) to its mouth on Korea Bay.
› Dandong, in the Liaoning Province of China, on the Yalu River delta, is the largest city on the border. On the other side of the river is the city of Sinuiju in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The two cities are situated on the Yalu river delta at the western end of the border, near the Yellow Sea. Their waterfronts face each other and are connected by the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge.
› North Korea border with China has been described as North Korea's "lifeline to the outside world." Much of the China-North Korea trade goes through the port of Dandong.
