The Han River ( zh, t=旱溪, p=Hànxī, lit. "dry creek") is a river located in
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 Taiw ...
,
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 ...
. The river flows southwards from Gonglaoping in
Fengyuan District until it joins the
Dali River
The Dali River ( zh, t=大里溪, p=Dàlǐxī) is a river located in Taichung, Taiwan, flowing from the west of the city in a southwest direction before emptying into the Dadu River.
Since the river is prone to flooding after heavy rain, the co ...
near
Provincial Highway 74 in
Dali District
Dali District () is an inner city district in Taichung, Taiwan.
Name
The name "Dali" originates from ''Tai-li-khit'' (), where ''Tai-li'' refers to the Hoanya aborigines and ''khit'' refers to a bamboo raft's toon.
History
After the handover ...
.
Even though the river is wide, it's relatively low
discharge
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Expel or let go
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* Military discharge, the release of a member of the armed forces from serv ...
means that the river runs dry for most of the year, hence the name. A
bike path
A bike path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users. In the US a bike path sometimes encompasses ''shared use paths'', "multi-use path", or "Class III bikewa ...
known as the "Han River Bike Trail" (旱溪自行車道) runs alongside the river between Fengyuan and Dali.
References
Rivers of Taiwan
Landforms of Taichung
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