Zengwen River

Zengwen River
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
• 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

Zengwen River
Chinese	曾文溪
Postal	Tsengwen
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zéngwén Xī Wade–Giles Tseng-wen Hsi Southern Min Hokkien POJ Chan-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

• List of rivers in Taiwan

References

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