The Zengwen River is the fourth longest river in Taiwan after the Zhuoshui River, Gaoping, and Tamsui, with a total length of about 146 km (91 mi). It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County.It is located in the southwestern part of the island. [1]
| Zengwen River | |
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 Zengwen River basin | |
| Native name | 曾文溪 (Chinese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Alishan, Chiayi County |
| • elevation | 2,609 m (8,560 ft) |
| Mouth | Taiwan Strait |
• location | Tainan |
• coordinates | 23°03′00″N 120°04′01″E / 23.050°N 120.067°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 146 km (91 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,176.64 km2 (454.30 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 74 m3/s (2,600 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Houku River |
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| Chinese | 曾文溪 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Tsengwen | ||||||||||||
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Names
editZéngwén is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the river's Chinese name 曾文溪. The river was formerly known as the Tsan-bun[2][3] from the Hokkien pronunciation of the same name.
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It was formerly known as the Taiwanfu[4] from a former name of Tainan, when it was the headquarters of Qing administration on the island as a district of Fujian Province.
Reservoir
editThe largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwen Reservoir, formed by Zengwen Dam, is located Located upstream of Zengwen River.[5]
National Park
editTaijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwen estuary as well as nearby coastal areas.[6] The endangered black-faced spoonbills come every winter as migrants and inhabit downstream near the estuary, where many other waterfowls are also found. A conservation area has been set up to protect the spoonbills.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ "Zengwen River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Campbell (1896), map.
- ^ Davidson (1903), map.
- ^ EB (1879), p. 416.
- ^ "Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Taijiang". ProtectedPlanet. 2014–2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve". Taiwan – The Heart Of Asia. Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ BirdLife International (2015). "Platalea minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T22697568A84646222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015.RLTS.T22697568A84646222.en.
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Bibliography
edit- , Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IX, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879, pp. 415–17.
- Campbell, William (1896). "The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future". Scottish Geographical Magazine. 12 (8): 385–399. doi:10.1080/00369229608732903.
- Davidson, James W. (1903). The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, People, Resources, and Commercial Prospects: Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, and Other Productions. London and New York: Macmillan. OL 6931635M.