Zengwun River
| Zengwun River | |
| River | |
| Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Source | |
| - location | Alishan, Chiayi County |
| - elevation | 2,609 m (8,560 ft) |
| Mouth | Taiwan Strait |
| - location | Tainan |
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| Length | 138.47 km (86 mi) |
| Basin | 1,176.64 km2 (454 sq mi) |
The Zengwun River (Chinese: 曾文溪; pinyin: Zéngwén Xī; Wade–Giles: Tseng2-wen2 Hsi1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chan-bûn-khoe)[1] is a river in Taiwan. It flows through Tainan and Chiayi County for 138 km.[2]
The largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwun Reservoir, formed by Zengwun Dam, is located Located upstream of Zengwun River.[3]
Taijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwun estuary as well as nearby coastal areas.[4] 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.[5][6]
See also
Notes
- ↑ formerly spelled Tsengwen; historically Tsan-bun per Campbell (1896), map, and Davidson (1903), map
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