Dahan River

Dahan River
Dahan River
Origin Pintian Mountain
Mouth Tamsui River
Basin countries  Republic of China
Length 135 km
Source elevation 3100 m
Mouth elevation ?? m
Avg. discharge ?? m³/s
Basin area 1163 km²

The Dahan River or Takekan River (Chinese: 大漢溪) is a river in Taiwan. It flows through New Taipei City, Taoyuan County, and Hsinchu County for 135 km. It is dammed in Taoyuan County by the Shimen Dam, which forms Shimen Reservoir. The Junghua Dam is 26 km upstream and designed to prevent silt from building up downstream in the Shimen Reservoir.

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Map showing location


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