The Zhuoshui River, also spelled Choshui or Jhuoshuei River, () is the longest river in
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
It flows from its source in
Nantou County up to the western border of the county, subsequently forming the border between
Yunlin County
Yunlin County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County ...
and
Changhua County
Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...
, with a total length of .
The river serves as
an unofficial boundary between the north and south of Taiwan.
It is dammed in its upper reaches by the
Wushe and
Wujie Dams, and further downstream by the
Jiji Weir
The Jiji Weir () is a weir located in Nantou County, Taiwan. The weir is located at the border of three townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Alth ...
.
The Zhuoshui River environment has in recent years been seriously degraded both by the construction of a dam across the river at
Jiji and by the ongoing activities of the concrete industry.
Tributaries
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Chenyoulan River
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Shuili River
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Kashe River
Bridges
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Xiluo Bridge
Dams
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Jiji Weir
The Jiji Weir () is a weir located in Nantou County, Taiwan. The weir is located at the border of three townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Alth ...
*
Wujie Dam
See also
*
List of rivers of Taiwan
*
Regions of Taiwan The regions of Taiwan are based on the historical administrative divisions. However, most of the definitions are not precise.
Division into two regions
* Eastern and Western Taiwan: the Central Mountain Range separates Taiwan into east and west.
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References
Further reading
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Rivers of Taiwan
Landforms of Changhua County
Landforms of Yunlin County
Landforms of Nantou County
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