- Zhuoshui River
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
See also
Categories:- Rivers of Taiwan
- Changhua County
- Yunlin County
- Nantou County
- Taiwan geography stubs
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