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Dajia River in Taichung City Xiuguluan River - Hualien County Shakadang River in Taroko National Park Liwu River in Taroko National Park. This is a list of rivers (溪 or 河) on Taiwan Island in the Republic of China which are over 19 kilometres (12 mi): Dongshan River - Yilan County - 24 km (15 mi) Lanyang River - Yilan County - 73 km (45 mi)
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The Tamsui River (alternatively Danshui River, Chinese: 淡水河; pinyin: Dànshǔi Hé; Wade–Giles: Tan 4-shui 3 Ho 2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tām-chúi-hô; lit. 'Freshwater River') is the third longest river in Taiwan after Zhuoshui River and Gaoping River, with a total length of 158.7 km (98.6 mi), flowing through Hsinchu County, Taoyuan, Taipei and New Taipei City.
The Xiluo Bridge over the Zhuoshui River The source of the Zhuoshui River at Wuling in Hehuanshan. The Zhuoshui River, also spelled Choshui or Jhuoshuei River, (Chinese: 濁水溪; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhuóshuǐ Xī; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuóshuěi Si; Wade–Giles: Cho 2-shui 3 Hsi 1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lô-chúi-khoe) is the longest river in Taiwan, [1] with a total length of 203 km (126 mi). [2]
The Zhuoshui River, Taiwan's longest river, runs from east to west. An aqueduct across the Keelung River. A reservoir in Dongyin, Lienchiang County. The Central Mountain Range is the main mountain range running from north to south of the island. Most of the rivers on the island flow from east to west following the contour of the mountains.
Population density map of Taiwan Taiwan has a population of over 23 million, the vast majority of whom live in the lowlands near the western coast of the island. [ 5 ] The island is highly urbanized, with nearly 9 million people living in the Taipei–Keelung–Taoyuan metropolitan area at the northern end, and over 2 million each in the urban ...
Like many Taiwanese rivers, the Gaoping carries large amounts of silt, ranging from 36 to 49 million tons per year; [5] it is the second largest river in Taiwan (after the Zhuoshui River) in terms of suspended-sediment load. [3] Almost half the total basin has an elevation greater than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).
Eastern Taiwan: Yilan, Hualien and Taitung. Western Taiwan: other divisions from Taipei to Pingtung. Northern and Southern Taiwan: Zhuoshui River, the longest river of Taiwan, flows through about the middle of the island. Northern Taiwan: Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hsinchu (City/County), Miaoli, Taichung, Changhua, and Nantou.