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(Redirected from Tsengwen River) River in Taiwan
Zengwen River
Zengwen River basin
Native name曾文溪 (Chinese)
Location
CountryTaiwan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAlishan, Chiayi County
 • elevation2,609 m (8,560 ft)
MouthTaiwan Strait
 • locationTainan
 • coordinates23°03′00″N 120°04′01″E / 23.050°N 120.067°E / 23.050; 120.067
 • elevation0 m (0 ft)
Length146 km (91 mi)
Basin size1,176.64 km (454.30 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average74 m/s (2,600 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftHouku River
Zengwen River
Chinese曾文溪
PostalTsengwen
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZéngwén Xī
Wade–GilesTseng-wen Hsi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChan-bûn-khoe
Zengwen River, located in Guantian District

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.

Names

Zéngwén 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 from the Hokkien pronunciation of the same name.

It was formerly known as the Taiwanfu from a former name of Tainan, when it was the headquarters of Qing administration on the island as a district of Fujian Province.

Reservoir

The largest reservoir in Taiwan, Zengwen Reservoir, formed by Zengwen Dam, is located Located upstream of Zengwen River.

National Park

Main article: Taijiang National Park

Taijiang National Park encompasses parts of the Zengwen estuary as well as nearby coastal areas. 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.

See also

References

Citations

  1. "Zengwen River" (in Chinese). Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. Campbell (1896), map.
  3. Davidson (1903), map.
  4. EB (1879), p. 416.
  5. "Reservoirs, dams and weirs of Taiwan". Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Economic Affairs. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  6. "Taijiang". ProtectedPlanet. 2014–2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  7. "Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve". Taiwan – The Heart Of Asia. Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan). 20 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. 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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