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 Habit of the
Polar Salmontrout in Jeong Am Temple Valley
 National
Natural Monumet Number 73
Established
: 1962
Location
: San 213th, Go Han - ri, Jeong Seon - gun, Gang
Won - do
Proprietor
: Jeong Am Temple
Description
: Habit in Jeong Am Vally
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History
Fish named Yeal Mok Oa is a kind of Slamon Trout that
lives in fresh water. It's full size is between 70 ~ 100cm.
This fish has a small mouth and little purplish brown
dots all overit's head body and fins. The habitot here
is an deep crystal clear water pool which temperature
never goes above 20'c. The water here has a deep abyss
for the fish to winter. Also it runs slow enough over
a pebble bottom giving the fish a good place to spawn.
The Salomn trout is not unifque to Korea but it is rare
here. Jeong Am Temple Valley along with Bong Haw - gun,
Gyoung Buk Province are the southern most tremity where
this fish lives in the world. For this reason Korea protects
this fish extinotion. Koreans plant a lot of trees around
the mountain streams and are active in the habitet distribution
of the Salmon trout.
Habitat
Myoung Gae - ri, Nae - myoun, Hong Chun - gun ,, Jin Dong
- chun, In Jae, and Du Ta -youn, Young - gu , all those
towns from Gang Won Province. One place called Hong Ceoun
is Provincial Mounment Number 67
How to get to Jeong Am Temple Valley
From Seoul
by the train
-Take train from Cheong Lang Ri station - get off at Go
Han station - Take bus or taxi
Takes 4 hours to get there
by car
- Jung Bu Express Way - Won Ju - Jae Chun - Young Wol
- Nam Youn 3 way I.C -
Go Han Jeong Am Temple
From Sae Mal
by car
- Sae Mal - Pyoung Chang - Jeong Seon - Jeong Am Temple
From Jin Bu
by car
- Jin Bu - Na Jeon 3 Way I.C - Jeong Seon - Jeong Am
Temple
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