Zengwun River
| Zengwun River | |
| River | |
 | |
| Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Source | |
| - location | Alishan, Chiayi County |
| - elevation | 2,609 m (8,560 ft) |
| Mouth | Taiwan Strait |
| - location | Tainan |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| - coordinates | 23°03′00″N 120°04′01″E / 23.050°N 120.067°ECoordinates: 23°03′00″N 120°04′01″E / 23.050°N 120.067°E |
| 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
- ↑ "Zengwen River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ "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 (IUCN) 2015: e.T22697568A84646222. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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Bibliography
- 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.
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