I'm curious about different city's rivers. How long are they (through the city), how wide are they, how many bridges? parks, riverwalks etc.
I'll represent Seoul's Hangang (gang is Korean for river).
The Han meanders through Seoul, cutting it into two roughly equal halfs (Kangnam, and Kangbuk...literally, RiverSouth, and RiverNorth). It goes for roughly 15 km through the city from East to West. It is very wide, maybe 1.5 km at its widest, but shallow. There are probably about 15 bridges that cross it, includeing four subway lines and the national rail line. On both sides for the entire length there are parks/bike trails.
The Han also has several tributaries that join the Han, most famous among skyscraper fans is the YangjaeCheon (Cheon means stream). There are four others that all have multi kilometer long parks/bike paths on both sides.
Many people fish on the Han but I wouldn't be the first to try HanSushi.
If anyone has the chance to visit Seoul, be sure to head to the river and rent a bike, or just walk. It would take days to walk all of Seoul's river trails.>
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