• Estimation of the Available Amount of Groundwater using Classifications of Landforms and Hydrogeological Units in N. Korea
  • Song, Sung-Ho;Park, Jongchul;An, Jung-Gi;
  • Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation;Institute of Geographic Information Science, Kongju National University;Rural Research Institute, Korea Rural Community Corporation;
  • 지형면과 수문지질단위 분류를 이용한 북한의 지하수 부존량 추정
  • 송성호;박종철;안중기;
  • 한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원;공주대학교 지리정보과학연구소;한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원;
Abstract
This study was conducted to provide the preliminary data on preparation for policy decisions regarding the groundwater supply scheme for N. Korea vulnerable to drought. Agricultural activities oriented to upland field due to the mountainous terrain more than 79% as well as the diversity of rainfall distribution over the country make more vulnerable to structural problems in the drought in N. Korea. Therefore, in anticipation of the expansion of exchange policies in agricultural sector, the available amount of groundwater needed for sustainable water resources supply was estimated for each administrative district after analyzing alluvium and hydrogeology distribution in N. Korea. Overall, the available amount of groundwater was estimated to 22.3 billion m3 (0.18 million m3/km2). The available amount of groundwater per unit area in Ryanggangdo and Gaesungsi was appeared very high in each of 0.56 and 0.39 million m3/km2, respectively, and it would be interpreted that two districts have relatively wide area of volcanic rocks and alluvium with highly permeable characteristics, respectively. Finally, to maximize the utilization of this study result, the available amount of groundwater distribution map was developed on the basis of the 1 × 1 km grid network over the entire N. Korea.

Keywords: N. Korea;Drought;Agriculture;The available amount of groundwater;Distribution map;

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This Article

  • 2015; 20(7): 23-33

    Published on Dec 31, 2015

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2015.20.7.023
  • Received on Jun 17, 2015
  • Revised on Jul 11, 2015
  • Accepted on Sep 1, 2015