Gaomei Wetlands (), officially Gaomei Wetland Preservation Area (), is a
wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ...
in
Qingshui District
Qingshui District (), also spelled as Chingshui District, is a coastal suburban district in western Taichung City, Taiwan.
Geography
Qingshui is located on the Qingshui Plain of Taiwan. It borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, the Dajia R ...
,
Taichung
Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Ta ...
,
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 ...
.
History
Gaomei Wetlands was established on 29 September 2005. In August 2015,
Typhoon Soudelor
Typhoon Soudelor, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Hanna, was the third most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2015 after Hurricane Patricia and Cyclone Pam as well as the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season. Sou ...
destroyed 6 out of 18
wind turbine
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s of
Taiwan Power Company
The Taiwan Power Company (, Taipower; ) is a state-owned electric power industry providing electricity to Taiwan and off-shore islands of the Republic of China.
History
Taipower was established on 1 May 1946. Its origins can be traced to 1919 ...
in the area. In October 2019, a bridge connecting Taichung mainland with the wetlands area failed a safety inspection in the aftermath of
Nanfang'ao Bridge collapse 3 weeks earlier in
Su'ao Township,
Yilan County. The Binhai Bridge () was examined by
Taiwan International Ports Corporation
The Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC; ) is a state-owned shipping company in Taiwan that operates ports in Taiwan.
History
The company was founded on Thursday 1 March 2012.
Organizational structure
* Public Affairs Department
* Lega ...
. It spans over a length of 70 meters and was 45 years old by the time of inspection.
Geography
Gaomei Wetlands is a flat land which spans over 300 hectares, but it is only about 10% of
Dadu River
The Dadu River (), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu, is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River, a t ...
wetlands.
Transportation
Gaomei Wetlands is accessible by bus from
Qingshui Station of
Taiwan Railways.
See also
*
List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
*
Sicao Wetlands
References
External links
* {{in lang, zh
2005 establishments in Taiwan
Landforms of Taichung
Wetlands of Taiwan