Zhuoshui River

Zhuoshui River
Zhuoshui River (濁水溪)
Lô-chúi-khoe
Country Taiwan
Regions Changhua, Chiayi, Nantou, Yunlin
Tributaries
 - left Chingshui River
Source Wushe River (霧社溪)
 - location Hehuanshan East Peak, Nantou County
Length 186.4 km (116 mi)
Basin 3,155.21 km2 (1,218 sq mi)
Discharge
 - average 164.8 m3/s (5,820 cu ft/s)

The Zhuoshui River (Chinese: 濁水溪; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuóshuǐ Xī; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuóshuěi Sī; Wade–Giles: Cho2-shui3 Hsi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-chúi-khoe) is the longest river in Taiwan. It flows through border between Yunlin County, Changhua County, and its source in Nantou County, for 186 km.[1]

The river serves as an unofficial boundary between the north and south of Taiwan.[2]

The Zhuoshui River environment has in recent years been seriously degraded both by the construction of a dam across the river at Jiji and by the ongoing activities of the concrete industry.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "讓我們看河去(重要河川)-- 濁水溪" (in traditional Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Republic of China). http://www.wra.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=20076&CtNode=4357. Retrieved February 4, 2011. 
  2. ^ Gao, Pat (November 1, 2007). "Taiwan's Marginalized South". Taiwan Review. Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan). http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xitem=24773&ctnode=1342. Retrieved November 12, 2010. 

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