Sungei Punggol (

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for Punggol River;

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: 榜鵝河;

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: Bǎng'é Hé) is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

located within the North-East Region in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

Geography

Other than

Punggol New Town Punggol, alternatively spelled as Ponggol, is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area and New towns of Singapore, new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region, Singapore, North-East Region of Singapore. The to ...

, the river flows through 7 other towns in the late 1990s and early 2000s, much of the river banks along Sungei Punggol have since been

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and the river canalised. Since 2011, it is now part of the Punggol Reservoir. In addition, Kampong Tongkang Pecah was along Sungei Punggol as well.

Developments

To better serve the recreational needs of the residents of Sengkang New Town, a network of green connectors have been built along the banks of Sungei Punggol. These connectors link the housing precincts to neighbourhood parks, the town park and Sengkang Sports Centre in the

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. These park connectors are also linked to the

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Park in Punggol New Town and the existing

Punggol Park Punggol Park ( Chinese: 榜鹅公园) is a park located in Hougang, in the north-eastern part of Singapore. The park is in size, with a lake. Kite flying is not allowed here due to the proximity of Paya Lebar Air Base. The park has two distinct ...

in Hougang. An artificial man-made floating island has been constructed in the middle of the river in the Sengkang part of the river. The

Sengkang Riverside Park Sengkang Riverside Park is a riverine park located at Anchorvale Street and Fernvale Street abutting Sungei Punggol, Singapore. The park consist of three open-space land parcels and is also home to a constructed wetland. The Sengkang Sports Ce ...

, which opened in November 2008, is situated beside the Sungei Punggol. The

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environment ...

of Sungei Punggol has also been dammed to form a

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

, in 2011 with Sungei Serangoon.

References

Rivers of Singapore Hougang Punggol Seletar Sengkang Serangoon {{Singapore-geo-stub

Geography

Developments

See also

References