Tumen River

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The Tumen River is a border river in Northeast Asia that flows between China, North Korea, and Russia before emptying into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tumen River canonical 3
Tumen Jiang 1
Tumen-gang 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border river
river
basinCountry China
North Korea
Russia
borderCountrySide Jilin Province of China
linked to: Jilin Province

North Hamgyong Province of North Korea
Primorsky Krai of Russia
linked to: Primorsky Krai
borderSectionBetween Jilin Province and North Hamgyong Province
countryBorder China
North Korea
Russia
emptiesInto East Sea
linked to: Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan
flowsDirection generally eastward
flowsInto Peter the Great Gulf region of the Sea of Japan
flowsThrough China
North Korea
Russia
formsBorderBetween China and North Korea
North Korea and Russia
hasAlternativeName Tuman River
Tuman-gang
Tumen Jiang
linked to: Tumen River

Tumen-gang
linked to: Tumen River

Tumen-gang River
hasGeopoliticalSignificance China–North Korea border
North Korea–Russia border
hasIssue illegal border crossings
pollution concerns
refugee movements
lengthApproxKm 521
locatedIn Northeast Asia
linked to: East Asia
locatedNear Khasan region of Russia
Rason region of North Korea
locatedOnContinent Asia
mouth East Sea
linked to: Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan
nearbyMountain Paektu Mountain
partOf Amur–Heilong watershed region
linked to: Manchuria

East Asian river systems
region Manchuria
relatedBodyOfWater Yalu River
sourceCountry China
North Korea
sourceLocation Mount Paektu region
linked to: Paektu Mountain
tributaryOf Sea of Japan
usedAs international boundary

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean Peninsula hasMajorRiver Tumen River
Tumen River hasAlternativeName Tumen-gang
linked to: Tumen River
Tumen River hasAlternativeName Tumen Jiang
linked to: Tumen River